Quantitative and qualitative methods in impact evaluation. Implementation of cipp model for quality evaluation at. Put another way, a case study reveals a lot about the process and outcome at certain sites, and the ways in which these interrelate. The case study teaching method is a highly adaptable style of teaching that involves problembased learning and promotes the development of analytical skills. If your case study focuses on a problem within the company or project, you would include a section.
Apr 29, 2019 the case study will support and expand on the findings from the larger faces study, pursue research questions independent of the larger study, and generate hypotheses for future research. Your intended evaluation design should be based on and aligned with the following. Finally, in the last module of this case study, you will interpret the output of the model and make recommendations from 3 different perspectives. Using case studies to do program evaluation valuation of any kind is designed to document what happened in a program.
Case study methodology has developed in the direction of eclecticism and pragmatism. Qualitative case study research, as described by stake, draws together naturalistic, holistic, ethnographic, phenomenological, and biographic research methods in a bricoleur design. The logic of each strategy serves a particular evaluation purpose. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of.
The methods and types of case studies outlined here are not definitive. There are different types of case studies, which can be used for different purposes in evaluation. Different aspects of evaluation case study example. The research method in the study was survey data collection method. If there are different demographics involved with the entity, or there are different needs which must be examined, then the case study method becomes very inefficient. Approaches to validation and evaluation in qualitative. The case can be an individual person, an event, a group, or an institution. Program evaluation and case study came to be mutually bracketed. Case study methodology may be appropriate because it explores reallife contextual issues that characterize homelessness and can also accommodate the wide range of homeless person demographics that make this group difficult to study in a generalized fashion.
Within the case study approach to evaluation there are at least five different. The aim of human rights impact assessment in this study is to aid governments. Case study is a frequently used evaluation method in international development. Case study teaching method improves student performance and.
A nursing case study is a detailed study of an individual patient, which allows you to gain more information about the symptoms and the medical history of a patient and provide the proper diagnoses of the patients illness based on the symptoms he or she experienced and other affecting factors. Case study attempts to shed light on phenomena by studying indepth a single. A case study approach for evaluation of employee training. Collective case study involves more than one case, which may or may not be physically colocated with other cases. An investment analyst at a longshort equity hedge fund or asset management firm that. The case study methodology may be used for a variety of purposes. Methodology and profile of case study countries 3 6. Formulate and include a thesis statement, summarizing the outcome of your analysis in 12 sentences. Identify the key problems and issues in the case study. Case study and qualitative methods introduction to graduate students and researchers unfamiliar with case study methodology, there is often misunderstanding about what a case study is and how it, as a form of. In most cases, a case study method selects a small geographical area or a very limited number of individuals as the subjects of study. This short document provides highlevel guidance notes on designing and undertaking qualitative case. The case study as a research method has evolved over many years of experience but evaluative use of the method has been more limited. Friedlander definition of a case study a case study is a method for learning about a complex instance, based on a comprehensive understanding of that instance obtained through extensive description and analysis of that instance taken as a whole and in its context.
Case study, methodology and educational evaluation. A descriptive study differs from an exploratory study in that there is more attention to securing a representative sample and the study may involve comparison groups. Evaluation research comprises of planning, conducting and analyzing the results which include the use of data collection techniques and applying statistical methods. The gao government accountability office has described six different types of case study. Typically, data are gathered from a variety of sources and by using several different methods e. Clearly a proponent for case study research, yin openly addresses its enduring criticisms as a methodology and urges the researcher to carefully consider whether a case study is the most appropriate method for their inquiry project. Despite its apparent applicability in studying many. A guide for designing and conducting a case study for evaluation input by palena neale, phd, senior evaluation associate shyam thapa, phd, senior monitoring and evaluation advisor carolyn boyce, ma, evaluation associate may 2006. Adb had 251 ta projects that were completed during 20072012 and for which a tcr had been completed. By presenting content in the format of a narrative accompanied by questions and activities that promote group discussion and solving of complex problems, case studies facilitate development of the higher levels.
Case studies can be particularly useful for understanding how different elements fit together and how different elements implementation, context and other factors have produced the observed impacts. Jan 03, 2015 this chapter gives one version of the recent history of evaluation case study. When the approach is applied correctly, it becomes a valuable method for health. Some of the basic methods, including constant comparison. Case study teaching method improves student performance. The common occupational problem of the workers is musculoskeletal disorders in india. Clearly a proponent for case study research, yin openly addresses its enduring criticisms as a methodology and urges the researcher to carefully consider whether a case study is the most appropriate method for. Findingsthe case study shows that the method can provide useful information on a librarys subjectbased collections.
Case study attempts to shed light on phenomena by studying indepth a single case example of the phenomena. This chapter gives one version of the recent history of evaluation case study. Pathfinder international tool series monitoring and evaluation 1 preparing a case study. As a study design, case study is defined by interest in individual cases rather than the methods of inquiry used. Yin, 2003 informed by constructivist grounded theory data analysis methods charmaz, 2006 to develop a framework of cd from an occupational therapy perspective.
Yin, merriam, and stake abstract case study methodology has long been a contested terrain in social sciences research which is characterized by varying, sometimes opposing, approaches espoused by. Grounded theory theory is developed inductively from a corpus of data acquired by a participantobserver. The coding manual for qualitative researchers, new york. Pdf case study evaluations, using one or more qualitative methods, have been used to investigate important practical and policy questions in. Evaluation methodology by marie baehr, elmhurst college the evaluation methodology is a tool to help one better understand the steps needed to do a quality evaluation.
A case study shamsa aziz international islamic university, islamabad. Just as quantitative methods are well suited for some types of questions, qualitative methods are particularly well. The four papers in these proceedings provide a comprehensive picture of the rationale, methodology, strengths, and limitations of case studies. An important principle that emerges in this discussion is that of equity, or what mcgee 2003, 5 calls equality of difference. Impact evaluation methodologies impact evaluation workshop, lilongwe, dec. Guidance for the design of qualitative case study evaluation. The results of the rtp evaluation in objective 1 regions, notably central. It looks back over the emergence of case study as a sociological method, developed in the early years of the 20th century and celebrated and elaborated by the chicago school of urban sociology at chicago university, starting throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In doing justice in evaluation research, david hamilton argues that the application of scientific methods to the study of social systems has given us a false illusion of certainty. Design methodology approach this case study presents the collection mapping method and its application in tampere university library and shows how to gather data on subjectbased collections and their usage. The four biological concepts assessed during this study chemical bonds, osmosis and diffusion, mitosis and meiosis, and dna structure and replication were selected as topics for studying the effectiveness of case study teaching because they were the key concepts addressed by this particular course that were most likely to be taught in a number of other courses, including. Systematic collection and objective evaluation of data related to past occurrences in order to test hypotheses concerning causes, effects, or trends of these events that may help to explain present events and. This development has been advocated by, among others, michael quinn patton 1990. There are a variety of evaluation designs, and the type of evaluation should match the development level of the program or program activity appropriately.
The evaluation assessment phase identifies the main issues and questions to be addressed in the study and develops appropriate methods for gathering evidence on these. A case study is not only exploratory descriptive process evaluations, it can be explanatory contribution analysis. Flexibility, rigour, and ethical considerations for the scholarship of teaching and learning abstract individuals and teams engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning sotl in multidisciplinary higher education settings must make decisions regarding choice of research methodology and methods. Evaluation research, also known as program evaluation, refers to research purpose instead of a specific method. Hpog national implementation evaluation hpog nie and the hpog impact study, which both use rigorous implementation analysis methods, will inform acf and the field about the most effective design and implementation strategies for achieving successful training. Its appeal for both managers and evaluators includes.
This case study approach explores the effectiveness of a training programme of an organisation by using kirkpatrick model. The choice of evaluation methods depends on a number of factors, including. A case study is a story about something unique, special, or interestingstories can be about individuals, organizations, processes, programs, neighborhoods, institutions, and even events. Some of the evaluation methods which are quite popular are input measurement, output or performance measurement, impact or outcomes assessment, quality assessment, process. Further, case study method accommodates the need within. The faces case study integrates two methodological or analytic strategies. Using case studies to do program evaluation midas project. By following this process, a faculty member can learn what he or she needs to know to determine the level of quality of a performance, product, or skill. Choosing evaluation methods world health organization. Types of evaluation centers for disease control and. Program evaluation and case study sage research methods. Evaluation research is the systematic assessment of the worth or merit of time, money, effort and resources spent in order to achieve a goal. Datagathering techniques also tend to be more precise in a descriptive study and there is a clearer and more specific focus on what is being studied.
Choosing evaluation methods this chapter is designed to help organizations choose methods appropriate to their evaluation objectives, type of intervention promoted, available resources and levels of knowledge and expertise. Sheikh mechanical department agnihotri college of engineering wardha 442001, india mechanical department bapurao deshmukh college of engineeringsewagram, india abstract. Research methodology methods and tools use in research. Writing a case study analysis ashford writing center. One way to offset the lack of breadth in a single case study is. The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of training program in quality department at multinational company. Valuation and discounted cash flow dcf analysis case. Case study evaluations independent evaluation group. This approach to evaluation focuses on the practicalities of defining successful outcomes and success cases brinkerhoff, 2003. According to hopper and powells 1985 taxonomy of accounting research, a focus on objectivism and. As a student of program evaluation, i was extremely pleased to see the addition of the role of case study in the.
Although methodological diversity in evaluation is widely accepted, and even recommended by some observers, it remains necessary to consider carefully the goals of any given program evaluation and to select the approach most suitable for answering the questions at hand, rather than reflexively calling for both patton, 2002. Yin provides detailed guidance on case study research. Following a description of the research design, we describe the researcher stance of the first author, case recruitment. Rather than believing that one must choose to align with one paradigm or the other, i advocate a paradigm of choices. Grounded theory merged qualitative field study methods from the chicago school of sociology with quantitative methods of data analysis johansson, 2003, p. Qualitative case study methodology provides tools for researchers to study complex phenomena within their contexts. Here again, the author is presenting an evaluation of this particular practice of this compa ny. A case study of magog primary school by frederick acheampong dei submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of master of arts in the subject of development studies at the university of south africa supervisor. Methodology and profi le of case study countries 3 6. May 07, 2014 case study methodology maintains deep connections to core values and intentions and is particularistic, descriptive and heuristic merriam, 2009, p. Case studies are indepth investigations of a single person, group, event or community. Government accountability office 1990 and others e. Indeed, the history of the case study as an evaluation method is little older than a decade. Three approaches to case study methods in education.
An early insight of some educational evaluation theorists was of the convergence of case study and program evaluation. Implementation of cipp model for quality evaluation at school level. Case study research is an investigation and analysis of a single or collective case, intended to capture the complexity of the object of study stake, 1995. A collective case study may be conducted at one site e. Definition of case study case study method enables a researcher to closely examine the data within a specific context. There are several different strategies for purposefully selecting informationrich cases. Evaluation design is the structure that provides the information needed to answer each of your evaluation questions.
Using constructivist case study methodology to understand. Demonstrate that you have researched the problems in this case study. In the field of educational evaluation, responsive. The author also use s theory or research to support her evaluation. Qualitative research methods in program evaluation. The case study method requires a small sample size for it to yield an effective amount of data to be analyzed.
Instead, it is an indepth analysis that can use both qualitative and quantitative data and information. Third, the case study method is now commonly used in conducting evaluations. Case study method enables a researcher to closely examine the data within a specific context. A 50% sample 125 ta projects was considered to provide a. The case study research method originated in clinical medicine the case history, i. This information is presented to the client for the evaluation in the form of. Outlining a clear definition of the case study method, the book also looks at design and analysis techniques that can be used in case study research. Department of cultural geography, university of groningen. Format your paper according to your assignment instructions. In order to plan the evaluation in accord with the most appropriate evaluation method, it is necessary to understand the difference between evaluation types.
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