Going Extreme: Systematically Selecting Extreme Cases for Study through Qualitative Methods

• Main Authors: DONALDSON, John A., Ching, Ju Mae Rosie, TAN, Andrew Tsao Ming
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1509; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2765/viewcontent/SSRN_id2301488.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Oftentimes in social science research, we do not desire to study what is true on average. It may not be as helpful to know, for instance, that poor children from underperforming schools on average perform less well in college than wealthier children from well-managed schools. Especially if the varia...