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Case study

When making an effort to document inductive reasoning and demonstrate by example behavioral phenomena, whether of people, animals, businesses, or systems of some kind, a case study is often used.

Generally a case study is a relatively short, factual account of a sequence of events chosen to illustrate a broader principle. Case studies are widely used in the study of phenomena that by their nature cannot be reproduced in a controlled, laboratory setting.

Critics of case studies emphasise the greater rigor of large scale, statistically defensible studies.

See also statistical study, statistics, scientific method

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