English Composition › Section O · The case study profile › Topic O.1
Case studies: observation, description, analysis
A case study looks closely at one person or a small group to learn something larger about how people think, act and use language. Knowing what the genre can claim, and how it is built, lets you read case studies critically and write one of your own.
In this topic
- One person, larger questions
- What a case study can claim
- From one case to a theory
- Qualitative and quantitative data
- Natural settings
- The ethics of studying people
- The five parts of a case study
- Key terms
- Worked example: a participants and methods passage
- Worked example: observation versus interpretation
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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