Case study

A case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit of society,which may be a person,family group, institution, community or event. A case study focuses attention on a single unit thoroughly. The aim is that to find out the influencing factors of a social unit and the relationship between these factors and a social unit.

2. CASE STUDY
•CASTE STUDY
•Knapp describes the case study as ‘A technique that consists of an intensive study of pupil’s problem, and
the reason behind the problem as well as proposed programmeof treatment to effect satisfactory
adjustment’.
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•MEANING OF CASE STUDY
• A case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit of society,whichmay be a person,familygroup,
institution, community or event. A case study focuses attention on a single unit thoroughly. The aim is that
to find out the influencing factors of a social unit and the relationship between these factors and a social
unit.

3. DEFINITIONS OF CASE STUDY :
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•DEFINITIONS OF CASE STUDY
•P. V.young. case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit,beit a person,agroup of persons,an
institution, a community or a family.
•C.H. cooley. Case study depends our perception and gives clear insight into life directory.
Thenumberofunittobestudiedissmall.
Itstudiesasocialunitdeeplyandthoroughly.
Itisqualitativeaswellasquantitative.
Itcoverssufficientwidecycleoftime.
Ithascontinuityinnature.

4. STEPSINVOLVEDIN A CASE STUDY METHOD
•Stages in case study method
•The techniques and processes of a caste study method are given as following.
Choice of a case or selection of a problem.
Description of the events.
Factors influencing study.
Data processing.
Data recording

5. IMPORTANT OF CASE STUDY :
•A good case study serves a number of purposes:
It is used for diagnosis and treatment of special problems.
The teacher is able to develop a systematic and full understanding of the individual in his total
functioning.
It provides an adequate picture of the subject in counselling service so that the counsellor can help
the subject for better adjustment.

6. ADVANTAGES OF CASE STUDY
Intensive study.
Case study method is responsible for intensive study of a unit. It is the investigation and exploration of an
event thoroughly and deeply.
•No sampling.
It studies a social unit in its entire perspectives. It means there is no sampling in case study method.
•Continuous Analysis
. It is valuable in analyzing continuously the life of a social unit to dig out the facts.
•Hypothesis formulation.
This method is useful for formulation of hypothesis for futherstudy.

7. •Comparisons.
It compares different type of facts about the study of a unity.
•Increases in knowledge.
It gives the analytical power of a person to increase knowledge about a social phenomena.
•Comprehensive.
It is a comprehensive method of data collection in social research.
•Farming questionnaire or schedule
. Through case study method we can formulate and develop a questionnaire and schedule.

8. DISADVANTAGE OF STUDY METHOD
•Limited Representatives.
Due to as narrow focuses a case study has limited representatives and limited
representatives and generalization is impossible.
•No classification.
Any classification is not possible due to studinga small unit.
•Possibility of errors
. Case study method may have the errors of memory and judgment.
•Subjective Method
. It is a subjective method rather than objective.

9. •No easy and simple.
This method is very difficult and no layman can conduct this method.
•Bias can occur.
Due to narrow study the discrimination &bias can occurs in the investigation of a social unit.
•No Fixed limits
. This method is depend on situation and have no fixed limits of investigation of the researcher.
•Costly and time consuming.
This method is more costly and time consuming as compare to other methods of data collection.

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