Comparative casuistry

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The Comparative casuistry is in the social sciences , especially psychology , applied method to new scientific from the comparison of individual cases hypotheses to win. It was founded by Gerd Jüttemann in 1981.

While in many studies individual differences were seen as "disturbances", Jüttemann sees a difference between individuals as a starting point for discovering a previously unknown scientific phenomenon.

Although this “qualitative method” emerged as a countermovement to the quantitative research that dominated the growing use of computers, Jüttemann in no way denied the need to verify or falsify hypotheses obtained through statistical studies. The comparative casuistry is a necessary addition to the quantitative methods; it precedes them as a hypothesis-generating method in the research process .

literature

  • Comparative case studies as a strategy of psychological research . In: Journal for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 29, 1981, pp. 101–118.
  • Gerd Jüttemann (Ed.): Comparative casuistry . Asanger-Verlag, Kröning, ISBN 3-89334-169-2 .
  • Gerd Jüttemann (Ed.): Comparative casuistry - the psychological analysis of specific developmental phenomena . Pabst, Lengerich / Berlin, 288 pages, ISBN 978-3-89967-487-3 . Link to the book ...