noun phrase · academic
case study
/ˈkeɪs ˈstʌdi/CASE STU·dy
Band 4-5speakingtask2
A detailed examination of a single person, group, or situation to understand it better.
Examples
“The paper includes a case study of a small coastal town affected by flooding.”
“She wrote a case study on how local businesses adapted during the pandemic.”
“For my thesis I did a case study of two schools in rural areas.”
Band 8 sentence
“The paper presents a detailed case study that highlights the long-term social impacts of urban redevelopment.”
Collocations
- conduct a case study
- a case study of
- a detailed case study
Word family
case nounstudy noun / verbcase studies noun (plural)
Common mistakes
study case→case study
make a case study→conduct/do a case study
Say it for a higher band
5example→6study→7+case study
Synonyms
case report
example
Easily confused
experiment
“The experiment revealed a clear causal relationship.”
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