Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm. Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.

Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children's National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese). Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Selection
The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy-Making and the Swine Flu Scare - Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey Fineberg
Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis - Allison, Graham, and Philip Zelikow
Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture - Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd
Yankee City: The Social Life of a Modern Community - W. Lloyd Warner and Paul S. Lunt
Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland - Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky
Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases
Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases
Korea: Winning with Microwaves - Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin
The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building - Gregory Hooks
New Towns-in-Town: The Limits of Centralization - Martha Derthick
Section III: Quantitative Evidence and Embedded Units of Analysis
Implementing an Education Innovation - Neal Gross, Joseph B. Giacquinta, and Maryilyn Bernstein
Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union - Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin A. Trow, and James S. Coleman
Testing the Basic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act - Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Bebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, and John Q. Easton
Section IV: More Illustrations of Case Study Evidence
Winning at the Game: Intel and Silicon Valley Fever - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen
Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating - Ronald N. Jacobs
Working: Growth of High-Technology Culture - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen
Head Start: The Inside Story of Americäs Most Successful Educational Experiment - Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow
Section V: Analyses and Conclusions
The Organization of a Methadone Program - Dorothy Nelkin
Transformation in the New York City Police Department - George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles
Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic - Ted K. Bradshaw
Lessons From Houston: Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools - Donald R. McAdams
Index
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