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  • 1.  Polar cases methodology

    Posted 04-12-2009 13:16
    Dear Colleagues,

    I'm looking for references of academic papers in which authors have used a methodology of "polar cases" (qualitative research).
    More specifically, I am trying to understand how it is possible to reinforce validity of findings by contrasting them to "cases of falsification". I beleive this is also called "inverted falsification".
    If anyone is aware of a study which uses such a methodology, help would be very much appreciated.

    Kind regards,


    Stefano BORZILLO
    Associate Professor
    CERAM Business School
    Sophia Antipolis - FRANCE


  • 2.  Polar cases methodology

    Posted 04-13-2009 00:28
    Take a look at `Designing  Social Inquiry' by King, Keohane and Verba.  It reviews analytical approaches to case study research and may have some good, albeit political science, examples.

    Mark Fichman

    Stefano Borzillo wrote:
    4995a6ec0904121016q3093eb83n9f7268ec60b541d6@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Dear Colleagues,

    I'm looking for references of academic papers in which authors have used a methodology of "polar cases" (qualitative research).
    More specifically, I am trying to understand how it is possible to reinforce validity of findings by contrasting them to "cases of falsification". I beleive this is also called "inverted falsification".
    If anyone is aware of a study which uses such a methodology, help would be very much appreciated.

    Kind regards,


    Stefano BORZILLO
    Associate Professor
    CERAM Business School
    Sophia Antipolis - FRANCE

    --  Mark Fichman     Tepper School of Business    2160 CMU-Q Building    Qatar Campus    Qatar Foundation    Carnegie-Mellon University    Doha, Qatar     mf4f@cmu.edu    974-554-8491      Home page URL: http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/mf4f/home.html


  • 3.  Polar cases methodology

    Posted 04-14-2009 15:50
    I second the K,K&V recommendation.  In addition,there's Stephen Van Evera's Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science that gives a short, clear overview of how to create and test theory using cases.

    Best,

    Lukas


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    On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Mark Fichman <mf4f@cmu.edu> wrote:
    Take a look at `Designing  Social Inquiry' by King, Keohane and Verba.  It reviews analytical approaches to case study research and may have some good, albeit political science, examples.

    Mark Fichman

    Stefano Borzillo wrote:
    Dear Colleagues,

    I'm looking for references of academic papers in which authors have used a methodology of "polar cases" (qualitative research).
    More specifically, I am trying to understand how it is possible to reinforce validity of findings by contrasting them to "cases of falsification". I beleive this is also called "inverted falsification".
    If anyone is aware of a study which uses such a methodology, help would be very much appreciated.

    Kind regards,


    Stefano BORZILLO
    Associate Professor
    CERAM Business School
    Sophia Antipolis - FRANCE

    --  Mark Fichman     Tepper School of Business    2160 CMU-Q Building    Qatar Campus    Qatar Foundation    Carnegie-Mellon University    Doha, Qatar     mf4f@cmu.edu    974-554-8491      Home page URL: http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/mf4f/home.html