Cumulating the intellectual gold of case study research
By: JENSEN, Jason L
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Contributor(s): RODGERS, Robert.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, mar./apr.2001Public Administration Review: PAR 61, 2, p. 235-247Abstract: Two criticisms of public administration research have been leveled. First, knowledge in the field is not being cumulated. Second, the research has low quality. A preference for case studies as a form of scientific inquiry is behind both criticisms. The authors propose a solution to the first problem by showing how meta-analysis can be used to comulate knowledge using case study evidence. Viewed cumulatively, case studies comprise an intelectual goldmine awainting discovery. The authors chalenge the second criticism, proposing that quality judgments should be based on the important principle of knowledge cumluation, which acknowledges the value of all research methods
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Two criticisms of public administration research have been leveled. First, knowledge in the field is not being cumulated. Second, the research has low quality. A preference for case studies as a form of scientific inquiry is behind both criticisms. The authors propose a solution to the first problem by showing how meta-analysis can be used to comulate knowledge using case study evidence. Viewed cumulatively, case studies comprise an intelectual goldmine awainting discovery. The authors chalenge the second criticism, proposing that quality judgments should be based on the important principle of knowledge cumluation, which acknowledges the value of all research methods
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