Brief description of the methodology of qualitative research known as Case Study (Case Study Research)

Abstract

This article is a brief description of the qualitative research methodology known as Case Study Research according to the author’s own experience and the information obtained from various sources. The main goal is that the reader, especially Costa Rican college students and professors, become familiar with this method and perhaps decide to give it a try, perhaps embrace it. It is the experience of this university professor and what the local news informs, that that in Costa Rica more research is needed. Case Study Research is recommended when the research question tries to answer the how and the why. At the end of the article the author mentions the main advantages of the Case Study Research, but also mentions some confusions and misinterpretations that some authors have attributed to the method, so that the reader can develop sufficient criteria on the benefits of this methodology.