Case study is a qualitative method that usually consists of a way of deepening an individual unit. It serves to answer questions that the researcher does not have much control over the phenomenon studied.
The case study contributes to a better understanding of the individual phenomena, the organizational and political processes of society. It is a tool used to understand the form and motives that led to a particular decision.
Using the case study, Sigmund Freud developed his theory of human personality by conducting detailed interviews over a long period of time with some clients.
"jacob cannot remember anything that occurred in the minutes leading up to the bicycle accident that knocked him briefly unconscious. This mild form of retrograde amnesia is most likely due to the head injury preventing memory retainment."
