What is a key difference between case studies and typical research interviewing?
A) Case studies gather interviews from multiple sources connected to the key subject, while typical research interviewing focuses on a general topic and interchangeable subjects.
B) Case studies enact a complex set of interviewer roles to set the subject at ease, while typical research interviewing enacts a singular interview role.
C) Case studies maintain strict interviewer/informant anonymity, while typical research interviews do not guarantee anonymity.
D) Case studies hold interviews in small groups of participants, while typical research interviews hold interviews only one-on-one.
A researcher observes how school administrators understand a local school shooting. She notes how they frame what they see and hear, and how they interpret their own actions and go about solving the problems. This is called
A) case study.
B) sensemaking.
C) embedded case study.
D) ethnobiography.
To be called a case study, the research project must be
A) one instance of a broader category of events.
B) systematically recapturing nuances of the past orally.
C) a study of a small group of individuals sharing common characteristics.
D) covert observation of a large corporation.
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