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PSY-7501 v1

Week 4 Resources

Access your textbooks from the Getting Started module in your course.

In Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches

Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2025). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches (5th ed.). Sage.

In Chapter 4, read the section titled "Case Study Research."
In Chapter 5, read the section titled "A Case Study," including Appendix E
- Make sure you also review Appendix E: Learning From Error in Violence Prevention: A School as an Organizational Accident

Qualitative Research : A Guide to Design and Implementation
Merriam, S. B., & Tisdell, E. J. (2015). Qualitative research : A guide to design and implementation. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
In Chapter 2, read the section titled "Qualitative Case Studies"(p 37-41)

Week 4 Optional Resources

Case Study Research and Applications : Design and Methods.
Yin, R. K. (2017). Case study research and applications: Design and methods. SAGE Publications, Incorporated.