TY - BOOK AU - Merriam,Sharan B TI - Case study research in education: a qualitative approach AV - LB1028 .C374 1991 PY - 1991/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Case method N1 - 4; Bibliography: pages 207-219; Part 1: Foundations of qualitative case study research --; The case study approach to research problems --; Types and uses of case study research in education --; Defining a research problem and selecting a case --; Handling theory and literature reviews in case study research --; Part 2: Mastering qualitative data collection methods --; Conducting effective interviews --; Being a careful observer --; Mining data from documents --; Part 3: Analyzing and reporting case study data --; The components of data analysis --; Using special techniques and computers to analyze qualitative data --; Dealing with validity, reliability, and ethics in case study research --; Writing the case study report; 2 ER -