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Teaching Case Study Research

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Case study research is an important research method in software engineering. Yet, it isn’t easy to teach in a classroom setting. This chapter shares a proven teaching approach, the most important content to teach, and a deeper dive into qualitative analysis.

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  1. TUM School of Communication, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Heilbronn, Germany

    Stefan Wagner

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  1. Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, Karlskrona, Sweden

    Daniel Mendez

  2. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Paris Avgeriou

  3. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marcos Kalinowski

  4. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden

    Nauman Bin Ali

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Wagner, S. (2024). Teaching Case Study Research. In: Mendez, D., Avgeriou, P., Kalinowski, M., Ali, N.B. (eds) Handbook on Teaching Empirical Software Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71769-7_16

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