What does "case study" mean?

Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.

Case study

Common synonyms include: academic dissent case, analysis scenario, animal-led ecosystem, artificial reef, bowery, case analysis.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population. uncountable
2
a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view wordnet
3
A case used in a such research. countable
4
a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure wordnet