case study

case study

n.

1. A detailed analysis of a person or group, especially as a model of medical, psychiatric, psychological, or social phenomena.

2.

a. A detailed intensive study of a unit, such as a corporation or a corporate division, that stresses factors contributing to its success or failure.

b. An exemplary or cautionary model; an instructive example: "Before they lost their independence, [the two companies] were case studies in unsuccessful long-term planning" T. Boone Pickens, Jr.

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case study

Noun

an analysis of a group or person in order to make generalizations about a larger group or society as a whole

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	case study - a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure report, written report, study - a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" corp, corporation - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
	2.	case study - a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view analysis - an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

Translations

case study n → estudio de casos prácticos

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case study n → étude f de cas

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case study case n → Fallstudie f

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case study n → studio di un caso