Introducing and Focusing the Study 129 Questions for Discussion 130 Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ethnographic research5. < Back. Approaches can be integrated. Each approach digs into the subject in a different way, providing a different perspective. A Case Study (Asmussen & Creswell, 1995; see Appendix F) 119 Differences Among the Approaches 121 Central Features of Each Approach 121 Selecting Your Approach 123 Summary 124 Additional Readings 125 Exercises 128. 6. ! to follow when conducting case study research (Creswell, Hanson, Plano, & Morales, 2007) which aid educational researchers to construct a roadmap in their utilization of case study. Chapter 1: The research design is the entire process of conceptualizing the study to the writing of the report. Ethnography draws data from participant observation. This study demonstrates the case of a 45 year old woman suffering from chronic Hepatitis C. The methods of data collection employed were Mental … In chapter 8, Creswell turns to methods for data analysis. In the next chapter, we see how five authors shape these central elements of good qualitative research using a lens of a tradition of inquiry--the traditions of a biography, a phenomenology, a ground theory study, an ethnography, and a case study." Case study researchVIEW APPROACH CompariSONThe Author Behind the Five ApproachesJohn W. Creswell, PhD is an Professor of Family Medicine and Co-Director, Michigan Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program at the University of Michigan. Phenomenology research3. Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. For case studies, Creswell mentions that he is reminded by Merriam (1988) that “there is no standard format for reporting case study research.” But he still goes on to mention an approach suggested by Stake (1995). under study as the core of phenomenological research is to know about the phenomena under study through consciousness (Creswell, 2007). 1. The researcher must have access to the data, and a plan for how to collect and secure the data. It implies that phenomenology is an approach to educate our own vision, to define our position, to broaden how we see the world around, and to study the lived experience at deeper level. Personal notes … in the basic philosophical assumptions researchers bring to the study, the 3 01-Creswell (RD)-45593:01-Creswell (RD)-45593.qxd 6/20/2008 4:36 PM Page 3. On pages 195-196, there is an outline of this approach and I suggest for anyone who is doing a case study to take a look at this. He has authored numerous articles and Case Study Research studies a specific event, program, or activity. Creswell and Poth bring the unique features of each approach to light brilliantly in the final chapter by taking a case study and reframing it in each of the other four approaches. (Creswell, 1998) to place side by side five different approaches to qualitative design so that inquirers might be able to select which approach might be best for their particular studies. Grounded theory research4. Narrative research2. phenomenological, and grounded theory studies, data is collected from artifacts and interviews. They are seen as three foundational methodologists in the area of case study research whose So, today we have multiple approaches for how to design a qualitative study, and this design can be added to the skill base Case study uses a multitude of methods. Creswell, J. W. (1998).