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CANTA HONORES, Jorge Luis  y  QUESADA LLANTO, Julio. The use of the case study approach: A review of the literature. Horizontes Rev. Inv. Cs. Edu. [online]. 2021, vol.5, n.19, pp.775-786.  Epub 30-Sep-2021. ISSN 2616-7964.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v5i19.236.

Qualitative research has gained much ground today, it is considered legitimate within disciplines where the hegemony of the quantitative positivist paradigm generally prevails. In this sense, the object is the review, analysis and reflection on the use of the case study method, highlighting it as an important approach in qualitative research to obtain meaningful knowledge. Based on what has been described, it was established as components: (i) the research problem and its significance, where the difficulties it avoids are analyzed; (ii) the theoretical framework, as well as case selection criteria; (iii) the method of reviewing the literature; (iv) main results; (v) discussion; and (vi) conclusions. The method applied for the collection and ordering of the information from the sources was the systematic review technique, which was used to reduce bias, obtaining reliable results that allowed conclusions and decisions to be made. Among the main results, the advantages of the application, relevant limitations of the study, the contraindications of the method, the validity of the method as a qualitative research, contributions to knowledge, application guidelines of fundamental considerations, feasibility of the application of quantitative instruments in the case study and the determination of the main references included. It was concluded that the case study method can be applied to a case (object of study) or to a reduced sample of cases and that results are not inferred from this for other studies, with different location and social reality.

Palabras clave : Qualitative approach; Case study research; Case study considerations; Case study advantages; Case study applications.

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