Investigating Research Methods
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The element that I chose to observe was case studies and some of the key elements that were mentioned is that a case study consists of multiple types of data. They include almost every kind of quantitative data and it involves a very in-depth understanding of what you are researching. There are three types of case studies, first is single instrumental which is focused on the researcher focusing on the issue and selects a bounded case to illustrate that issue. The second is a collective/multiple case study where the researcher first focuses on the issue, then selects several bounded cases to illustrate that issue. The third is intrinsic case studies and this is where the researcher studies the case itself without first focusing on an issue. There are certain methods one should keep in mind when performing a case study. First, you have to determine if the case will answer your research question. Second, you identify the case or cases and what type of case study you will use. Third you collect your data and analyze the data. There are some limitations that one may run into with case studies such as determining the case, studying the case itself, defining the boundaries of the case, and studying more than one case means the researcher will go into less depth for each case.
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Case study definition: an event, problem, process, activity, program, a single person, or several people. Is a bounded system, usually time and/or space.
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In preparation for this research method, one would want to go over the limitations that you might run into and lay out a list of methods for how you approach the case study. Also You would want to determine what type of case study, out of the three types, you want to pick and also why it would be best for you to pick that specific type.
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`This method would help me with my research inquiry because I could look specifically at case studies that apply to memories and the psychology behind them and get a more in-depth understanding of those specific studies. A case study would also help me in directly determining how memories and lived experiences of specific people influence their actions directly and can help me expand on that idea and study those people in-depth to get more answers to my inquiry.