| 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.) |
case study
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the act or an instance of analysing one or more particular cases or case histories with a view to making generalizations
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| 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 failurereport, 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 |
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