Case study method
Social scientists, in their study of human behavior, strive to obtain a fundamentally real and enlightened record of personal experiences which would reveal in concrete detail a man’s inner strivings, tensions, motivations that derive him to action, the barriers that frustrate or challenge him, the forces that direct him to adopt a certain pattern of behavior and to live according to a certain scheme and philosophy of life.
Only some of man’s experiences can be learned by observing him in action.
To understand his behavior fully and intimately, he must supply a detailed and penetrating account of what he does and has done, what he expects to do, and says he ought to do .
A fairly exhaustive study of a person or group is called a life or case study.
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