| There is another method of gathering information | | | | usually applying a number of methods. Case |
| which is relevant and must be described. It is | | | | studies are usually grounded on two or more |
| called case studies and it is the most adjustable of | | | | methods of gathering information. Using multiple |
| all research designs. At the level that is the | | | | evidence lets case studies provide more roundish |
| simplest they give descriptive accounts of the | | | | and full accounts of social processes. Applying |
| case. | | | | multiple sources of evidence and investigators |
| The subject of case studies is considered to be | | | | when the case study either descriptive or |
| one or more examples of social existence, such | | | | explanatory makes it one of the most powerful |
| as communities, organizations, life histories, | | | | research designs. This research design is the |
| families, roles and relationships; the provided | | | | preferable strategy when "why" or "how" |
| examples are studied with the use of a number | | | | questions are being asked, when the researcher |
| of data collection techniques. After the topic of | | | | has not much control over situation and when a |
| the research is defined, selective case studies can | | | | contemporary phenomenon is being focused on. |
| concentrate on particular aspects to refine | | | | Besides, the case study is especially apt when |
| information. At the level that is the most rigorous; | | | | there are no clearly confirmed boundaries |
| case studies are created to reach experimental | | | | between the phenomenon and the context. The |
| isolation of the chosen social factors or processes | | | | case study manages the technically distinctive |
| within a context of the real life in order to | | | | situation in which there will appear more variables |
| conduct a test of predominant explanations and | | | | of interest information points, and as one result |
| ideas. | | | | depends on multiple source of proof, with |
| Besides, case study research is connected with | | | | information needing to combine in a triangulating |
| receiving a roundish picture of a situation from the | | | | fashion. |
| perspectives of all involved into research people, | | | | |