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Case study

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case study

 
–noun
1. a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, esp. in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.
2. case history.
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Origin:
1930–35
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case study  
n.  

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

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

    2. 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.)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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case study n.

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

  2. An exemplary or cautionary model; an instructive example.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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