Case Selection
Learn how to select an appropriate research design and case(s) to answer a research question. Attention to case selection is critical in order to make useful inferences. Simply choosing cases because they are “interesting” can wreak havoc on a researcher’s ability to draw causal inferences or generalize their findings.
Written for
- Institution
- Simon Fraser University (SFU )
- Study
- Political Science
- Course
- POL 200 - Investigating Politics (POL200)
Document information
- Uploaded on
- July 30, 2018
- Number of pages
- 3
- Written in
- 2017/2018
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- Unknown
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
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comparative case studies
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single case studies
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case selection and external validity
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random sampling techniques
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non random sampling techniques
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method of difference and agreement
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