Durable Research, Portable Findings: Rhetorical Methods in Case Study Research

Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2019

Durable Research, Portable Findings: Rhetorical Methods in Case Study Research

Devon Moriarty University of Waterloo ; Paula Núñez De Villavicencio University of Toronto ; Lillian A. Black University of Waterloo ; Monica Bustos University of Waterloo ; Helen Cai University of Calgary ; Brad Mehlenbacher University of Waterloo ; Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher University of Waterloo

Abstract

Case studies have been a central methodology employed by scholars working in the rhetoric of science and technical communication. However, concerns have been raised about how cases are constructed and collected, and what they convey. The authors reflect on how rhetoricians of science and technical communication researchers can – and do – construct a variety of case-based mixed-methods studies in ways that may make our research more portable and durable without undercutting the important and central role of case-based analysis.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2019-04-03
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2019.1588376
Open Access: Closed
Topics: qualitative research

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