Case studies

• Case study 


  An in-depth investigation into a singular individual, group, institution or event
• Qualitative data


  Information that can be expressed in words
• Longitudinal 


  Typically case studies are conducted over a long period of time and often involve revisiting the participants at different time intervals
• Examples

  Patient HM

  Clive Wearing

  Phineas Gage
• Qualitative method 


  A lot of the data collected is usually qualitative. Data can be historic, describing past event. Other research methods are often used, for example interviews. Some case studies may involve the use of experiments meaning that in some case quantitative data can be collected