Case Studies

Question 1

What is a case study

Answer 1

In depth piece of research on one instance of something e.g. an individual or a single subculture. It usually;y uses qualitative methods

Question 2

Give 2 examples of a case study

Answer 2

Weber= studied Calvinism (a type of Protestant Christianity) and how it contributed to the development of capitalism in the 1800s.
Willis = he studied a single subculture of boys as they transitioned for school to work

Question 3

What is a theoretical problem with case studies

Answer 3

Not representative as we can’t generalise the findings of small scale research to wider populations. As what we find in one case may not be true for others

Question 4

What are the theoretical advantages of case studies

Answer 4

The data is valid as they use qualitative methods like interviews and they gather detailed insight into one instance of something this detail therefore increases they validity of the results