Buck(noun) the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. Buck(noun) a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. Buck(noun) a male Indian or negro. Buck(verb) to copulate, as bucks and does.
The idea. The idea for a clinical research study â also known as a clinical trial â often originates in the laboratory. After researchers test new therapies or procedures in the laboratory and in animal studies, the most promising experimental treatments are moved into clinical trials, which are conducted in phases.
Unlike the other approaches we discuss, case study research does not emerge from a particular social scientific tradition. Additionally, case studies can be qualitative and/or quantitative. It is quite likely, as Stake (1994) points out, that researchers doing case study research are calling it by another name. Case studies, as a research design, are also being conducted across disciplines and research traditions. Case studies have been considered a research strategy or design, an evaluation method, and a reporting mode. We felt case study research was important to define because it is a common approach in healthcare research. In part, this may be because the units of interest in healthcare research (patient, practice, health system) can often be easily bounded and seen by the researcher as a case.