Embedded Case Study Methods: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Knowledge PDF
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Embedded -> INTEGRATING - QUANTITA WE AND / QU/\LITATK/E , , / , KNOWLEDGE ethods Roland W Scholz OlafTietje Embedded Öse Study Methods Embedded INTEGRATING TlTATlVE AND QUALITATIVE: KNOWLEDGE S Roland W Scholz W Sage Publications International Educational and Professional Pubitsher Thousand Oaks London = New Delhi Copyright 0 2002 by Sage Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any infor- mation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information: Sage Publications, Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 E-mail: [email protected] Sage Publications Ltd. 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. M-32 Market Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 India English text by assistance of Daniela Urbatzka and Laura Cohen Illustrations by Sandro Boesch Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scholz, Roland W. Embedded case study methods: Integrating quantitative and qualitative knowledge / by Roland W. Scholz and Olaf Tietje. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7619-1945-7 (c) -ISBN 0-7619-1946-5 (p) 1. Research-Methodology. 2. Case method. I. Tietje, Olaf. 11. Title. Q180.55.M4 S365 2002 001.4’ 32-dc21 2001002910 This book is printed on acid-free paper. 02 03 04 05 06 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Acquisition Editor: C. Deborah Laughton Editorial Assistant: Veronica Novak Production Editor: Sanford Robinson Editorial Assistant: Kathryn Journey Typesetter: Janelle LeMaster Indexer: Molly Hall Cover Designer: Ravi Balasuriya CONTENTS List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables ix 1. Introduction 1 Methods of Knowledge Integration 3 Embedded Case Studies for Complex, Contextualized Problems 3 Historical Landmarks 4 Part I Case Study Design and Synthesis 2. Types of Case Studies 9 Design 9 Motivation 11 Epistemological Status 11 Purpose 12 Format 12 Data Collection and Methods of Knowledge Integration 13 3. The Use of Case Studies in Different Disciplines 15 Neurops ycholog y 15 Educational Sciences 19 Law 22 Business 23 Environmental Sciences 25 4. The Architecture of Knowledge Integration in Embedded Case Studies 29 The Architecture of Embedded Case Studies 30 Strategies of Synthesis 31 The Brunswikian Lens Model 36 Types of Knowledge Integration 40 5. The ETH-UNS Case Study Zurich North 45 The Zurich North Case 46 Case Prospects and History 48 Understanding the Case 52 Faceting the Case for Embedded Case Design 55 Constraints of the Study 56 Organizing the Study 57 Part II Methods of Knowledge Integration 6. Overview 63 7. The Methods in Brief 65 8. How to Choose the Right Method 71 Part 111 The Methods in Detail 9. Formative Scenario Analysis 79 The Rationale 79 The Method in Detail 84 10. System Dynamics 117 The Rationale 117 The Method in Detail 127 11. Multi-Attribute Utility Theory 143 The Rationale 143 The Method in Detail 150 12. Integrated Risk Management 175 The Rationale 175 Incorporating Different Perspectives 184 The Method in Detail 186 13. Mediation: Area Development Negotiations 197 The Rationale 197 The Method in Detail 207 14. Future Workshops 225 The Rationale 225 The Method in Detail 232 15. Experiential Case Encounter 24 1 The Rationale 241 The Method in Detail 244 16. Synthesis Moderation and Group Techniques 247 The Rationale 247 The Method in Detail 253 17. Material Flux Analysis 271 The Rationale 271 The Method in Detail 277 18. Life Cycle Assessment 285 The Rationale 285 The Method in Detail 291 19. Bio-Ecological Potential Analysis 305 The Rationale 305 The Method in Detail 314 Part IV Validation Perspectives 20. The Validation of Embedded Case Studies 331 The Rationale 331 Validation of Embedded Case Studies: A Practical View 347 References 351 Index 379 About the Authors 391 LIST OF BOXES, FIGURES, AND TABLES Boxes ~~ Box 2.1 Using Multiple Sources of Data and Evidence 14 Box 3.1 Novelistic Case Descriptions for Exploratory, Descriptive, and Explanatory Case Studies 17 Box 3.2 Synthesis Moderation 24 Box 3.3 Groundbreaking Case Studies for Ill-Defined Problems 26 Box 5.1 Experiential Case Encounter 54 Box 7.1 Types of Knowledge Integration in Case Study Methods 68 Box 9.1 Sufficiency in Case Modeling and Evaluation 83 Box 9.2 Dependent and Independent Variables 87 Box 9.3 Key Definitions in Formative Scenario Analysis 89 Box 9.4 Structuring the Case Through an Impact Matrix 96-97 Box 9.5 Novelistic Case Description of the Scenario Polarization of the Zurich North Shell Scenarios 111 Box 9.6 Cross-Impact Analysis: Can We Access the Probability of Future Developments of a Case? 112
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