Robert K. Yin – författare

Fallstudier: design och genomförande kommer nu i en uppdaterad utgåva i svensk översättning. Boken är en klassiker som presenterar fallstudien som metod och visar dess tillämpning inom olika områden. Boken utgör en gedigen introduktion till ämnet och passar bra för både nybörjare och mer erfarna forskare.

Fallstudien är en av de vanligaste formerna av vetenskapligt arbete på grundnivån inom det samhällsvetenskapliga fältet. Boken presenterar fallstudien och går igenom problemformulering, insamling och analys av data samt rapportens struktur. Metodens tillämpning inom områden som sociologi, psykologi, historia, ekonomi, socialt arbete och pedagogik illustreras. Fallstudien som forskningsstrategi jämförs också med andra strategier som exempelvis experiment och surveyundersökningar.

Om författarnaRobert K. Yin är historiker och experimentell psykolog.

"This anthology is very useful. It speaks directly to students. The writing is extraordinarily strong throughout the samples—clear and concise, interesting and insightful, authoritative and accessible. This is a book I will order with enthusiasm as required reading in my course on research design." —Dr. Larissa A. Grunig, Department of Communication, University of Maryland

The Case Study Anthology, the latest from bestselling author Robert Yin, introduces readers to the world of case study research. It contains 19 carefully chosen and well-edited works, some of which represent excerpts from all-time classic case studies in sociology, political science, and related disciplines. This anthology will help readers to understand how case study research has been conducted—including the current state of the art—and how they might conduct their own case studies. With this in mind, the cases are arranged according to the process of doing case study research:

* Theoretical perspectives and case selection * The strength of multiple cases * Quantitative evidence and "embedded" units of analysis * More illustrations of case study evidence * Analysis and conclusions

Authors of the cases include many eminent social scientists, including

Graham Allison Anthony S. Bryk James S. Coleman Seymour Martin Lipset Helen Merrell Lynd Robert S. Lynd Ira Magaziner Richard Neustadt Everett M. Rogers Martin Trow W. Lloyd Warner Aaron Wildavsky

The Case Study Anthology will be a perfect supplemental text or reference for any research course in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, and political science, as well as related practice fields such as education, planning, health, and management.

"This anthology is very useful. It speaks directly to students. The writing is extraordinarily strong throughout the samples—clear and concise, interesting and insightful, authoritative and accessible. This is a book I will order with enthusiasm as required reading in my course on research design." —Dr. Larissa A. Grunig, Department of Communication, University of Maryland

The Case Study Anthology, the latest from bestselling author Robert Yin, introduces readers to the world of case study research. It contains 19 carefully chosen and well-edited works, some of which represent excerpts from all-time classic case studies in sociology, political science, and related disciplines. This anthology will help readers to understand how case study research has been conducted—including the current state of the art—and how they might conduct their own case studies. With this in mind, the cases are arranged according to the process of doing case study research:

* Theoretical perspectives and case selection * The strength of multiple cases * Quantitative evidence and "embedded" units of analysis * More illustrations of case study evidence * Analysis and conclusions

Authors of the cases include many eminent social scientists, including

Graham Allison Anthony S. Bryk James S. Coleman Seymour Martin Lipset Helen Merrell Lynd Robert S. Lynd Ira Magaziner Richard Neustadt Everett M. Rogers Martin Trow W. Lloyd Warner Aaron Wildavsky

The Case Study Anthology will be a perfect supplemental text or reference for any research course in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, and political science, as well as related practice fields such as education, planning, health, and management.

Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader is a unique and invaluable anthology that addresses the entire realm of K-12 education. Edited by the best-selling author of Case Study Research and Applications of Case Study Research, this reader gives undergraduate and graduate students a solid introduction to the world of education by providing real-life situations in actual schools and communities from across the country. Yin has brought together a wide-ranging collection of whole or excerpted case studies with real data that move from classroom teaching and learning, to the bureaucracy of school districts and state departments of education, to the politics of school boards and community action. The cases in this book also cover salient contemporary policy topics such as school accountability and the assessment of student achievement. Few books, original or edited, have such a broad range of coverage while offering enough structure and context to lay the foundation for introductory education courses!   Key Features:

Provides real-life case studies to give readers concrete data about actual conditions in K-12 education Explores diverse academic subjects as well as different education programs such as special education and bilingual education to introduce students to a variety of classroom settings Includes case studies written by well-known education professionals to provide insight from experts in the field Presents and examines different facets of case study methodology to help readers design or build their own case studies Offers a contemporary perspective on education to provide students with an accurate understanding of today's classrooms  

Introducing the World of Education is an ideal companion text for undergraduate and master's students in introductory education courses. The book is a must-have for students entering the world of education, professors teaching the world of education, in-service educators and administrators who desire a stronger foundation in case study research and a broad range of educational issues, and anyone who merely wants a glimpse at the challenges and opportunities in education today. Students and researchers in public administration and policy will also find this a valuable resource.  

Designed to help both graduate students and start-up researchers with their own case study research, this book presents 21 individual applications together with cross-referenced discussions of key methodological issues. Many of the applications—including a wide array of single-case studies useful as examples for solo researchers—have been shortened or re-written expressly for this book.

This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally distinctive, the book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft. The array of choices among different procedures and methods enables readers to customize their own studies and to accommodate different worldviews and genres.New to This Edition:*Stronger discussion of different worldviews (e.g., constructivism, postpositivism, and pragmatism) and how they relate to different methodological choices.*Clearer emphasis on doing a generalized qualitative study, while acknowledging 12 specialized genres (e.g., action-based research, arts-based research, autoethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, and others).*Expanded discussions of different kinds of qualitative study samples and of mixed methods.*New ideas on how to avoid getting stalled when analyzing qualitative data.*Consideration of an additional way of concluding a qualitative study: by taking action.Pedagogical Features*Chapters start with an abstract and end with a suggested exercise.*Key terms and concepts appear in boldface throughout the text and are listed in end-of-chapter recaps as well as in the book’s glossary.*Sections within each chapter start with a preview box: “What you should learn from this section."*An appendix presents a semester- or yearlong field-based project.

This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally distinctive, the book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft. The array of choices among different procedures and methods enables readers to customize their own studies and to accommodate different worldviews and genres.New to This Edition:*Stronger discussion of different worldviews (e.g., constructivism, postpositivism, and pragmatism) and how they relate to different methodological choices.*Clearer emphasis on doing a generalized qualitative study, while acknowledging 12 specialized genres (e.g., action-based research, arts-based research, autoethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, and others).*Expanded discussions of different kinds of qualitative study samples and of mixed methods.*New ideas on how to avoid getting stalled when analyzing qualitative data.*Consideration of an additional way of concluding a qualitative study: by taking action.Pedagogical Features*Chapters start with an abstract and end with a suggested exercise.*Key terms and concepts appear in boldface throughout the text and are listed in end-of-chapter recaps as well as in the book’s glossary.*Sections within each chapter start with a preview box: “What you should learn from this section."*An appendix presents a semester- or yearlong field-based project.

Winner of the 2019 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)

Recognized as one of the most cited methodology books in the social sciences, the Sixth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text provides a complete portal to the world of case study research. With the integration of 11 applications in this edition, the book gives readers access to exemplary case studies drawn from a wide variety of academic and applied fields. Ultimately, Case Study Research and Applications will guide students in the successful use and application of the case study research method.