CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY: FUNDAMENTALS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Written by Daniel DAVID on . Posted in Special issue: Qualitative Research In Psychosocial Sciences, Guest Editor: Adriana BĂBAN, Volume XI, Nr. 2

ABSTRACT

This article presents the fundamentals of case study methodology. After a brief history, the presentation is based on a critical analysis to understand the role and the place of case study methodology in scientific research. Thus, both the advantages and the limits of this research method are discussed and the step-by-step procedure is presented and then exemplified in a clinical context.

KEYWORDS: case study research.