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Methodology of Social Research

notes 2. Goode and Hatt—it is one such method of organizing social facts in which individual nature
of the social subject being studied is protected. in a little different form, it is a process in
which social unit is seen in an overall manner.

3. Biesanz and Biesanz—Case study method is that form of qualitative analysis in which
individual, situation or institution is carefully inspected.
From the above-mentioned definitions it is clear that case study method is that process of social
study in which researcher studies any unit (individual, situation, community or situation) on the
basis of all available resources, with such depth and closeness that internal knowledge of the subject
is possible.

21.2 Characteristics of Case Study Method

On the basis of above described definitions, the main characteristics of this method can be mentioned
as below:
1. Individual Basis of Research: in this method, researcher takes one unit only and studies
it. the meaning is that this unit of study may be individual, institution, situation, caste,
community, anything, but its study is done in the form of an individual or a unit. in this
way, in this process, basis of study is individual.
2. intensive study: in this process, unit related to the problem is studied intensively. intensive
study may take as much time and this may go on for a long time this way, through this
method, intensive–to-intensive information may be compiled.
3. Whole Study: this process studies any social unit in a whole or complete form. Meaning of
wholeness or completeness is to accomplish the study of the life of the unit from the social,
economic, political, geographic, religious, life scientific, psychological, etc., all points of
views. in this relation Goode and Hatt have rightly written “it is an approach which views
any social unit as a whole.”
4. Qualitative study: in this approach, qualitative study is done—actually study of units is
itself qualitative and analysis of facts is also not done in form of numbers. fact is that in this
method, in form of a story, a detailed life-history is prepared.

self assessment

fill in the blanks:
1. it is one such method of ____________ social facts in which individual nature of the social
subject being studied is protected.
2. Case study method is that form of qualitative analysis in which individual, situation or
institution is ______________ inspected.
3. Meaning of _______________ is to accomplish the study of the life of the unit from the social,
economic, political, geographic, religious, life scientific, psychological, etc., all points of
views.

21.3 procedure in case studies

in case study method, every possible effort is made to do a systematised study of an individual
situation. In reality, this systematised study is very difficult, still to accomplish it in an organised
manner, below mentioned procedure is followed.

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