The distinctiveness of case-oriented research

A study concludes that the gulf between case-oriented and variable-oriented research can be bridged by first rejecting the common stereotypes of the 2 approaches. Second is to acknowledge that social research has multiple goals and that 2 dominant goals - making facts understandable and making casua...

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Published inHealth services research Vol. 34; no. 5 Pt 2; pp. 1137 - 1151
Main Author Ragin, C C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Health Research and Educational Trust 01.12.1999
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Case studies
Causality
Data collection
Data Collection - methods
Focus groups
Health care industry
Health Maintenance Organizations - standards
Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data
Health services
Hospitals
Humans
Methods
Organizational Case Studies - methods
Organizational Case Studies - statistics & numerical data
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
Patient satisfaction
Planning
Population
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative research
Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative Methods
Research Design
Social research
Social Science Research
Stereotypes
Studies
United States
Variables
United States
United States > US
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Summary:A study concludes that the gulf between case-oriented and variable-oriented research can be bridged by first rejecting the common stereotypes of the 2 approaches. Second is to acknowledge that social research has multiple goals and that 2 dominant goals - making facts understandable and making casual-mechanistic predictions - lead to different research strategies. The third step is to appreciate the practical differences between the 2 approaches, especially the different conceptions of cases, causes, and outcomes that are embedded in each.
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ISSN:0017-9124
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