Making a Case for the Case Study Method

Amerson, Roxanne

doi:10.3928/01484834-20110719-01

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“…These are important considerations for the development of sports nutrition recommendations that will also support the long-term health of physique athletes. Finally, the case study approach is also a strength since longer-term, detailed information was obtained which would be challenging with a larger cohort [47]. These findings can be utilized to inform future studies in this athletic population.…”

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Dietary Intake, Body Composition, and Menstrual Cycle Changes during Competition Preparation and Recovery in a Drug-Free Figure Competitor: A Case Study

2016

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Physique competitions are events in which competitors are judged on muscular appearance and symmetry. The purpose of this retrospective case study was to describe changes in dietary intake, body mass/composition, and the menstrual cycle during the 20-week competition preparation (PREP) and 20-week post competition recovery (REC) periods of a drug-free amateur female figure competitor (age = 26–27, BMI = 19.5 kg/m2). Dietary intake (via weighed food records) and body mass were assessed daily and averaged weekly. Body composition was estimated via Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and 7-site skinfold measurements. Energy intake, body mass and composition, and energy availability decreased during the 20-week PREP period (changes of ~298 kcals, 5.1 kg, 6.5% body fat, and 5.4 kcal/kg fat free mass, respectively) and returned to baseline values by end of the 20-week REC period. Menstrual cycle irregularity was reported within the first month of PREP and the last menstruation was reported at week 11 of PREP. Given the potentially adverse health outcomes associated with caloric restriction, future, prospective cohort studies on the physiological response to PREP and REC are warranted in drug-free, female physique competitors.

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Dietary Intake, Body Composition, and Menstrual Cycle Changes during Competition Preparation and Recovery in a Drug-Free Figure Competitor: A Case Study

2016

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“…Three stages of thematic analysis which are data coding stage, themes developing stage and analytical theme creating stage were applied (Thomas & Harden, 2008). The researcher also used probing questions and created a state of epoche (Amerson, 2011;Bucic, Robinson, & Ramburuth, 2010;Simbolon, 2012). To further enhance data saturation, as per the recommendation of Bernard (2012), this study interviewed informants from various groups such as, Indian political, non-governmental organisation and community representatives.…”

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Leadership Communication Conception of Malaysian Hindus and its Relevancy to Mahathir’s Leadership

Suppiah¹,

Ahmad²,

Yusof³

2019

JTM

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<p><em>Literatures proposed that culture does influence the success of leadership communication. Mahathir was criticised to be a leader who promotes the betterment of the majority community and marginalised the Indians. Despite of that, the Indians in Malaysia showed advancement in various sectors including politics, economy and social. Therefore, this exploratory study aims to bridge the gap by investigating the attributes that link between Mahathir’s leadership communication and Indian community. Qualitative methodology was utilized and data were collected through a series of intensive interviews with 15 informants consists of Indian political, non-governmental organisation and community representatives. Based on the thematic analysis, two main attributes that strongly link to Indian culture were identified: leadership communication conception (Sattva Guna) and characteristics of good leadership communication (Sattva characteristics). This study has contributed to enhance understanding of leadership communication from multi-cultural context, specifically about the Indian’s cultural conceptions.</em></p>

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“…Yin (2003) describes how a case study is a research strategy that seeks to answer how and why questions and accommodates situations where the researcher has minimal control over real life events. Nurse educators conducting evaluation research find case studies particularly useful as they allow for the explanation of presumed causal relationships in real life situations which may be too complex for experimental strategies (Amerson, 2011). This methodology was selected because it was the least intrusive given that the simulation sessions were a key element of the program and, therefore, it was not possible to randomly assign students to an intervention and to a control group.…”

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Improving performance amongst nursing students through the discovery of discrepancies during simulation

Unsworth

Melling

Tuffnell

et al. 2016

Nurse Education in Practice

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Discrepancy creation is a form of self-regulated learning which can be used to improve individual performance. Discrepancy can be created as a result of comparison against an occupational standard or when an individual strives to achieve higher personal goals. This study explores the process of discrepancy discovery and reduction following simulation sessions. Second year under-graduate nursing students undertook three simulation sessions over a one year period. After each session the participants completed a series of visual analogue scales to rate their own performance and the perceived performance of peers, final year student and a newly registered nurse. Once discrepancy had been identified, participants were asked to produce a short written action plan on how the discrepancy could be addressed and to work on this action plan between sessions. A total of 70 students completed discrepancy scores for all three scenarios. The most common areas of discrepancy were understanding physiology, understanding medicines and pharmacology, patient assessment and handover (hand off). Wilcoxon Signed Ranks suggested a statistically significant difference between student scores in all areas with the exception of team-work. All of the participants used peers as their comparator when identifying discrepancy. There was also a statistically significant difference in the scores following each simulation session suggesting improved performance.

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Making a Case for the Case Study Method

Cited by 25 publications

References 2 publications

Dietary Intake, Body Composition, and Menstrual Cycle Changes during Competition Preparation and Recovery in a Drug-Free Figure Competitor: A Case Study

Dietary Intake, Body Composition, and Menstrual Cycle Changes during Competition Preparation and Recovery in a Drug-Free Figure Competitor: A Case Study

Leadership Communication Conception of Malaysian Hindus and its Relevancy to Mahathir’s Leadership

Improving performance amongst nursing students through the discovery of discrepancies during simulation

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