<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>75</termId><termName>Decision Case Study</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>SYMSITES</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Decision Case Study</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <p>SYMSITES k-SDSS</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Source"><![CDATA[ <p>Yin, Robert K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods. Sage Publications.</p>
<p>Herreid, Clyde Freeman. (1994). "Case Studies in Science - A Novel Method of Science Education." Journal of College Science Teaching, 23(4), 221-229.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">A </span><em><strong style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Decision Case Study</strong></em><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> is an in-depth, systematic investigation into a specific instance or series of decision-making processes within a defined context, employed to explore the complexities and outcomes associated with those decisions. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">It serves as an experimental framework in decision-making analysis, where real or simulated scenarios are constructed to examine how decisions are made, the variables that influence these decisions, and the effectiveness of different decision-making strategies. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">The case study method facilitates a thorough understanding by allowing researchers to dissect the layers of context, individual or collective reasoning, and the interplay of various factors - economic, psychological, social, and operational - that shape the decision outcomes. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This approach not only illuminates the decision-making process but also provides empirical insights that can be used to refine theories, influence policy, and guide future decision-making practices in similar contexts.</span></p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">A </span><em><strong style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Decision Case Study</strong></em><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> is an in-depth, systematic investigation into a specific instance or series of decision-making processes within a defined context, employed to explore the complexities and outcomes associated with those decisions. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">It serves as an experimental framework in decision-making analysis, where real or simulated scenarios are constructed to examine how decisions are made, the variables that influence these decisions, and the effectiveness of different decision-making strategies. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">The case study method facilitates a thorough understanding by allowing researchers to dissect the layers of context, individual or collective reasoning, and the interplay of various factors - economic, psychological, social, and operational - that shape the decision outcomes. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #363c42; font-family: 'Liberation Sans', ui-serif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This approach not only illuminates the decision-making process but also provides empirical insights that can be used to refine theories, influence policy, and guide future decision-making practices in similar contexts.</span></p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Decision Case Study</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>52</termId><termName>Treatment (k-SDSS)</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>