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Unit-21: Case Study Method

Carl rogers, elton Mayo, Mira Komarovsky, Kinsey, Dollard etc. have made important improvements notes
in compilation of data, publication methods; writings etc. related to this method and in this method,
continuously improvements are being made.
in our country, seeing the demerits of this method, often researchers hesitate in accepting this method.
Actually this point of view is not correct demerits; to quite an extent may be removed by a trained,
skilled and experienced investigator. Whatever happens, it cannot be unaccepted as a method of social
research because looking at the qualitative method of social incidences, and it is the only method to
do an intensive and microscopic study. Hence it is more appropriate to say that “whatever may have
been said against case study method, but it is a fact that to study social environment, this method will
remain a fundamental”.

21.10 summary

y to study many important problems of social sciences, case study method was started. firstly
Liplay and Herbert had used this method.
y sources of data of case study has been divided in two parts:
a. Written or secondary material
b. Compiled or primary material
y in this method, efforts should be made to know those facts about the individual through which
description may be made about the entire life of the person.

21.11 Keywords

1. Case study method: 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
resource; with such depth and closeness that internal knowledge of the subject is possible.
2. Wholeness or completeness: the study of the life of the unit is done from the social, economic,
political, geographic, religious, life scientific, psychological, etc., all points of views.

21.12 review Questions

1. What is the meaning of case study method?
2. What are the sources of data of case study?
3. Which procedure is used in case study?

answers: self assessment

1. organising 2. Carefully 3. Wholeness or completeness.

21.13 Further Readings

Books 1. social research and statistics - ravindra nath Mukherjee.
2. Social survey and research - Vandana Vohra, Radha Publication.

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