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CASE HISTORY TAKING

CASE HISTORY TAKING. Submitted by, Namitha.P.Thamby. HISTORY. It was Frederick Le Play (1806-1882) who introduced this method for the first time into social science research in his studies on family budget .

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CASE HISTORY TAKING

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  1. CASE HISTORY TAKING Submitted by, Namitha.P.Thamby

  2. HISTORY • It was Frederick Le Play (1806-1882) who introduced this method for the first time into social science research in his studies on family budget . • Herbert Spencer an English sociologist (1820-1903) was the 1st to use case materials in his ethnographic studies. • William Healy a psychiatrist adopted this method for the first time to study juvenile delinquents . • In the field of psychology exhaustive case studies have been done by Murray and his associates at the Harvard psychological clinic.

  3. WHAT IS CASE STUDY • A case study is an in-depth analysis of a single person. Case studies are often used in clinical cases or in situations when lab research is not possible or practical • A case study involves a particular method of research. Rather than using large samples and following a rigid protocol to examine a limited number of variables, case study methods involve an in-depth, longitudinal examination of a single instance or event

  4. . A case study provides a systematic way of looking at events, collecting data, analyzing information, and reporting the results. As a result the researcher may gain a sharpened understanding of why the instance happened as it did, and what might become important to look at more extensively in future research

  5. MAJOR FEATURES • It is an approach that views a social unit as a whole. • A social unit need not be an individual, but it may be a family, a social group, social institution or a community. • Here the researcher not only tries to explain the complex behavioural pattern of the social units but also tries to locate those factors which have given rise to such complex behavioural pattern.

  6. Since it is a descriptive research no variables are manipulated here. • It gathers data through methods of observation, interview, questionnaire, and other psychological tests. Analysis of recorded data from newspaper, court, govt. agencies and other similar sources is common.

  7. CHARACTERISTICS • Under this method the researcher can take one single unit or more of such units for his study purpose. He may even take a situation to study the same comprehensively. • Here the selected unit is studied in minute details which extends over a long period of time. • It covers all facts and studies the social unit as an integrated totality.

  8. Here the approach happens to be qualitative and not quantitative. • An effort is made to know the mutual inter relationship of causal factors. • Here the behavior pattern of concerning unit id studied directly and not by an indirect and abstract approach. • It results in fruitful hypothesis along with data which may be helpful in testing them.

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