Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options

International Institutions and Domestic Politics: Can Preferential Trading Agreements Help Leaders Promote Economic Reform?

“…Our quantitative model below predicts an EU-South Africa PTA particlarly well, so the case is useful for illustrating our theory (Lieberman 2005;Seawright and Gerring 2008). It features a prominent leader change, namely Nelson Mandela's becoming the country's President, at the time of democratization as the black majority gained suffrage.…”

Aggregation, Validation, and Generalization of Qualitative Data - Methodological and Practical Research Strategies Illustrated by the Research Process of an empirically Based Typology

“…By interviewing 77 people, our qualitative study sample was quite large, which is also conducive for making generalizations. Specifically, when an increasing number of cases are analyzed, then more general conclusions can be drawn from the data (Seawright and Gerring 2008).…”

“…Therefore, making a correct and adequate selection of the persons or cases to interview is a key requirement for deriving valid and generalizable results. Precisely because of the relatively small number of cases in qualitative analyses is it very important to carefully select the cases under investigation (Seawright and Gerring 2008) In quantitative research, the aspect of representativeness is crucial for the sampling because conclusions for the entire population are to be drawn from the selected sample. For this purpose, random samples are selected which should display the relevant characteristics to the same extent as the population from which they are drawn (Jacob et al 2013).…”

Applying Enterprise Architecture to Business Networks

“…However, selecting cases increases the level of understanding about the case while the case is accessible [Tellis, 1997]. Case selection is the primordial task of the researcher as it sets out an agenda for studying those cases [Seawright and Gerring, 2008]. Researchers such as Flyvbjerg [2006] indicated the direct relation between generalizability and case selection.…”