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Definition of case study noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• She co-authored a case study on urban development.

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• American English : case study / ˈkeɪs ˌstʌdi /
• Brazilian Portuguese : estudo de caso
• Chinese : 个案研究
• European Spanish : estudio
• French : étude de cas
• German : Fallstudie
• Italian : studio di caso
• Japanese : 事例研究
• Korean : 사례 연구
• European Portuguese : estudo de caso
• Spanish : estudio

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Casestudy(s) or Casestudy(ies)

Which one is grammatically correct, Casestudy(s) or Casestudy(ies)?

Thanks, Arathi

The correct spelling is “case study” (i.e. two words), and the plural form of the noun “study” is always “studies”.

• one case study
• a lot of case studies .

I’m confused with case study words in the following example:

The Casestudy(s) you selected are attached.

Can you please correct me if its wrong?

Amy has already answered your question:

one case stud y many case stud ies .

So your sentence should read: The case studies you selected are attached. [YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: A hospital ward [YSaerTTEW443543]

Hi Amy and Torsten,

Thanks a lot for your instant reply.

Regards, Arathi.

In Arathi’s example, however, where both singular and plural have to be stated, since we don’t know if there’ll be one or more case studies, which option would you prefer:

• case study(ies)
• case study(studies)
• case study/ies
• case study/studies

Would the options ‘case study/s’ and ‘case study(s)’ really not be acceptable?

Hi Conchita,

You really understood my question.

I was actually meant to ask, if I need to mention both singular and plural in a sentence. And I don’t know if there will be one or more case studies are attached.

In this case, how do I write the case study word?

Your example sentence is not grammatically correct because you used ‘are’, and that means that only ‘case studies’ (i.e. plural) would be correct.

If you are looking for a sentence to use in a standard text which is sent out to people regardless of whether they selected only one case study or several case studies, then I would suggest simply using the plural: [i]

• All of the case studies you selected are attached.
• The case studies you selected are attached.[/i]

Otherwise, you would not only have to include both the singular and plural forms of ‘case study’ but also both the singular and plural form of the verb. That would result in an unnecessarily awkward and messy-looking sentence:

The case study/studies you selected is/are attached. [color=red]( Not good!)

Thanks for clarifying my query!

Regards, Arathi

Open Education Sociology Dictionary

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Definition of Case Study

( noun ) A detailed and in-depth study of a single case , involving an event,  group , individual, or organization .

Examples of Case Study

• An in-depth research project of male allies that try to prevent violence against women completed through interviews and surveys .
• Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum (1943) by William Foote Whyte (1914–2000)
• Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community (1990) by Elijah Anderson (born 1943)

Case Study Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification : case stud·y

Audio Pronunciation

Phonetic Spelling

• American English – /kAYs stUHd-ee/
• British English – /kAYs stUHd-ee/

International Phonetic Alphabet

• American English – /keɪs ˈstʌdi/
• British English – /keɪs ˈstʌdi/

Usage Notes

• Plural: case studies
• The term refers to both the subject and  method of study .
• Case studies are often based on ethnographic research and conducted through participant observation , instead of aggregate  data such as a sample of a population .
• Variant spelling: case-study
• Also called case report .

Additional Information

• Qualitative Research Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
• Quantitative Research Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
• Word origin of “case” and “study” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
• Feagin, Joe R., Anthony M. Orum, and Gideon Sjoberg, eds. 1991. A Case for the Case Study . Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
• Gerring, John. 2009. Case Study Research: Principles and Practices . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Thomas, Gary. 2011. How to Do Your Case Study: A Guide for Students and Researchers . Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Related Terms

• cohort study
• generalizability
• longitudinal study
• qualitative research
• quantitative research
• reliability
• symbolic interactionism

Works Consulted

Bilton, Tony, Kevin Bonnett, Pip Jones, David Skinner, Michelle Stanworth, and Andrew Webster. 1996. Introductory Sociology . 3rd ed. London: Macmillan.

Crooks, Robert, and Karla Baur. 2014. Our Sexuality . 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

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Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e . Houston, TX: OpenStax.

Henslin, James M. 2012. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach . 10th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

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Cite the Definition of Case Study

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “case study.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Retrieved May 29, 2024 ( https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ ).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

case study. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary . Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “case study.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Accessed May 29, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ .

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“case study.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 29 May. 2024. < https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ >.

case study plural

The plural form of case study is case studies.

case studies

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• case histories
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“Case studies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20studies. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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