case study
nounDefinition of case study
1
: an intensive analysis of an individual unit (such as a person or community) stressing developmental factors in relation to environment
2
: case history
Examples of case study in a Sentence
a case study of prisoners
The company's recent history is a case study in bad management.
Recent Examples on the Web
More than the comforts of a tidy procedural, each episode offers a moving case study of a life derailed by an affliction that has doctors stumped. — Judy Berman, Time, "The Doctor Who Inspired House Navigates the Health Care Crisis in Netflix Docuseries Diagnosis," 15 Aug. 2019 There has been some research that has shown that when state funding increases, so do graduation rates—Alaska may be a case study in whether the converse is true. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, "Alaska Still Hasn’t Saved Its Universities," 15 Aug. 2019 There is no magic solution to creating local jobs, but as one examines case studies of what has worked, some key factors emerge. — Raghuram Rajan, Quartz India, "How Indians cleaned up one of their dirtiest cities—and have kept it that way," 12 Aug. 2019 The company published a case study of 50 sites who used their tools for a year and saw an average jump in total revenue of 259 percent year-over-year and a spike in monthly traffic of 85 percent. — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Carlsbad AI startup Ezoic gets $33M, plans to hire 40 more people," 9 Aug. 2019 The last decade of American politics is a case study in why redistricting matters. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Tom Steyer’s $100 Million Vanity Project," 9 July 2019 Planning and Department of Building Inspection staff presented several case studies of how the legislation would impact run-of-the mill projects. — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, "Builders take wrecking ball to Supervisor Peskin’s housing demolition bill," 20 June 2019 Instead of having video footage that could show whether the shooting was justified ─ and help the public understand what happened ─ South Bend may become a case study in the risks of inadequate guidelines on how body cameras should be used. — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, "Buttigieg's lesson: Police body cameras help only if they're turned on," 19 June 2019 The report also has case studies of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Prague, in the Czech Republic; Nairobi, Kenya; Surat, India; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Cape Town, South Africa. — Pamela Falk, CBS News, "Brace for more killer heat waves, Red Cross warns," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'case study.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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