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A "case study" is a research approach that is used to generate an in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of a complex issue in its real-life context (Crowe et al., 2011).

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Crowe, S., Cresswell, K., Robertson, A., Huby, G., Avery, A., & Sheikh, A. (2011). The case study approach. Bmc Medical Research Methodology, 11(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-100

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