About the resource:

Overview

Focusing on the Case in Quantitative and Qualitative Research introduces an approach to social science data analysis for both qualitative and quantitative data, where the focus of the analysis is the 'case' and the key analytical tool is comparison. The case may be a person, an organisation or a community. The site tackles methodological questions and provides a practical introduction to the use of computer software to assist in comparative analysis. The site was intended to be useful for research students and researchers who are familiar with basic qualitative and quantitative social science methods and are looking for novel ways of exploring data. Materials were assembled from four workshops, covering:

The archived resources are primarily presentations and supporting materials from a series of project workshops (see Archived Documents link).


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Original Project

The original project was funded under the ESRC Research Methods Programme, which ended in 2005..


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Dates

This resource was included in ReStore on 2009-11-25, updated on 2012-06-01 and archived on 2022-07-20


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