Which of the following are the characteristics of case study research?

A. It is simulated in a laboratory.

B. It is particularistic.

C. It is descriptive.

D. It is inductive.

E. It is disruptive.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit of society, which may be a person, family group, institution, community, or event.
• It focuses attention on a single unit thoroughly.
• The aim is to find out the influencing factors of a social unit and the relationship between these factors and a social unit.

Characteristics of case study research are:

• The number of units to be studied is small.
• It studies a social unit deeply and thoroughly.
• It is qualitative as well as quantitative.
• It covers a sufficient wide cycle of time.
• It is inductive as mostly depends upon inductive reasoning.
  • Generalizations come out from the data evaluation.
  • Case studies attempt to find out new relationships instead of verifying the hypotheses already in existence.
• It has continuity in nature.
• It is descriptive as offers an opportunity for intensive evaluation of the case.
• It is particularistic as It focuses its attention on a particular situation, program, phenomenon, or event.
• It is Heuristic as a case study enables people to understand what is being inquired with new perspectives, new insights, new meanings, and new interpretations.

Therefore the correct answer is B, C, and D only.