Key Terms

• alternative representations, 267
• audiences, 244
• bounding, 245
• bracketed interview, 255
• case, 243
• case study research, 243
• coding, 263
• comparative case studies, 247
• context, 257
• descriptive, 266
• field test, 256
• informant, 252
• instrumental case studies, 246
• interpretive, 266
• interview protocol, 257
• intrinsic case studies, 246
• longitudinal case studies, 247
• member checking, 265
• multiple case studies, 247
• multiple site case studies, 247
• naturalistic generalization, 267
• observation plan, 257
• observe in real time, 260
• pilot test, 256
• purposeful sampling, 253
• random sampling, 253
• researcher biases, 255
• researcher position, 255
• saturation, 253
• single case studies, 247
• stakeholders, 244
• theoretical or conceptual frameworks, 249
• thick description, 267
• triangulation, 251
• valid, 256