Abstract
Theory-testing with cases is ascertaining whether the empirical evidence in a case or in a sample of cases either supports or does not support the theory. There are two methodologies for theory-testing with cases, (a) testing in a single case (‘theory-testing single case study’), and (b) testing in a sample of cases (‘theory-testing sample case study’). The functional form of the proposition that is tested determines which of these two methodologies should be used.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of case study research |
| Editors | A.J. Mills, G Durepos, E Wiebe |
| Place of Publication | Thousand Oaks |
| Pages | 937-942 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |