Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun case_study

2 senses of case study

Sense 1
case study -- (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)
       => report, study, written report -- (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale")

Sense 2
case study -- (a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view)
       => analysis -- (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)