Case Study - a specific field or qualitative method and thus is an investigation of phenomena as they occur without any significant intervention of the investigators. It seems to be appropriate for investigating phenomena when :
- a large variety of factors and relationships are included
- no basic laws exist to determine which factors and relationships are important
- when the factors and relationships can be directly observed
Content Analysis - analysis of the manifest and latent content of a body of comminicated material (as a book or film) through a classification, tabulation, and evaluation of its key symbols and themes in order to ascertain its meaning and probable effect.
Survey - a group of research methods commonly used to determine the present status of a given phenomenon.
Types of survey studies:
- Exploratory Surveys
- literature surveys
- experience surveys
- analysis of "insight-stimulating" examples
- Analytical and Descriptive Surveys
- Other Types of Surveys
- cross-sectional study
- trend study
- cohort study
- panel study
- approximation of a longitudinal study
- parallel samples study
- contextual study
- sociometric study
- critical incident study
Wildemuth 6
Middle-range theories - theories at a middle point on the continuum between special theories, which are applicable only to a very small range of phenomena, and general theories, which are highly abstract and applicable to a broad range of phenomena.
Information ground - an environment temporarily created by the behavior of people who have come together to perform a given task, but from which emerges a social atmosphere that fosters the spontaneous and serendipitous sharing of information.
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