How to Do Your Case Study by Gary Thomas

Author:Gary Thomas [Thomas, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

8 Your Approach: Theory Testing Or Theory Building; Interpretation Or Illustration

Figure 8.1 Looking at your approach

Having looked at your purpose in Chapter 7, you can think now about how you are going to do your study (see Figure 8.1). Are you, for your analytical frame, or object, going to try to build your own set of ideas from scratch (building a theory) or are you going to test ideas that you have come across elsewhere (testing a theory)? Are you going to do both of these, as in the vCJD case study in Chapter 7? Is your approach in the case study to illustrate something, perhaps a process that you need to explicate in more detail for some purpose? Will you be seeking to uncover and interpret what is going on in the area of your searchlight beam?

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