Case Study Method (Abdelrahman Ossama)

Gives detailed phenomenal contextual view

help understand social factor:individual development behavior

Help study single instances of physical phenomenon

Useful for nonexperimental studies

Not explanatory method

Cause-effect conclusions not drawn

conditions not controlled

involve single individule: Not representative to group/population

Provided by different people:important details left out

Data collected: retrospective, past eventrecollections--> problems inherent to memory

Non-Experimental

Descriptive Study

In-depth Descriptive Records

Data recorder by outside observer

Biographical Data

Medical Records

Family History

Observations

Interviews

Psychological test results

Observers Behavior/Experiences

Biology

How does one track a deadly hereditary killer?

Geology

Can volcanoes be classified by comparing volcanic deposits to observations of historic eruptions?

Psychology

What happens to a person who loses track of their own age?

Sociology

This is the classic case study of Anna, a young child raised in extreme isolation and the effect of this isolation on her psych-social development.