Studying Rare Events Through Qualitative Case Studies
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Harvard University |
| ANO | 2002 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Sociological Methods and Research |
| ISSN | 0049-1241 |
| E-ISSN | 1552-8294 |
| EDITORA | SAGE Publications |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049124102031002003 |
| CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
This article considers five methodological challenges in studying rare events such as school shootings. Drawing on the literature on causal analysis in macro-historical and other small-N research, it outlines strategies for studying school shootings using qualitative case studies and illustrates these strategies using data from case studies of two rampage school shootings: Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, and Westside Middle School outside Jonesboro, Arkansas. Strengths and limitations are discussed as well as lessons for studying rare events.