Professor Cay notes that respondent Mary Ginger is a 54-year-old grandmother who has two ...

Professor Cay notes that respondent Mary Ginger is a 54-year-old grandmother who has two grandchildren living in her household. Neither of the grandchildren's parents live with them. Cay also learns that Ginger had to quit her job in order to stay home with the young grandchildren because Ginger feared leaving the two youngsters with a baby-sitter. Ginger told Professor Cay that two of her friends were dealing with similar situations and a third friend was considering whether to obtain custody of her grandchild. If she used the information that she obtained from Ginger and began to talk with other grandparents who parent their grandchildren to learn how this experience influenced their lives and career choices, Cay would be doing
 
  a. semiotics.
  b. variable-oriented analysis.
  c. case-oriented analysis.
  d. theory.
  e. cross-case analysis.