Robert K. Yin is an American social scientist and President of COSMOS Corporation, known for his work on

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as well as on qualitative research. Over the years, his work on case study research has been frequently cited. Google Scholar listed it as the second most cited methodological work, qualitative or quantitative, over a 20-year period

Life and work

Yin obtained his BA in history,

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, from Harvard College, and successfully pursued his graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained his PhD in brain and cognitive sciences.Robert K. Yin profile
at ''sagepub.com''. Accessed 31.01.2015 While at graduate school, Yin published his first articles on face recognition, in the field of experimental psychology and neuroscience. Later, his research interests shifted to the use of case study research and qualitative research in public policy and related topics. An exemplary example of a case study, relying on both qualitative and quantitative methods, covered organizational innovations in public services. More broadly, Yin's text on case study research received the McGuffey Longevity Award in 2019, as a text that had been published for over 30 years and that was still in print. In 1980, Yin founded COSMOS Corporation. He developed COSMOS as a research corporation for "applied research and evaluation, technical support, and management assistance aimed at improving public policy, private enterprise, and collaborative ventures."
029c7c0.netsolhost.com. Accessed 31.01.2015. Yin has also been affiliated with the

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, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Development Programme, and the School for International Service at

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.Yin, Robert K. 2016 ''Qualitative Research from Start to Finish'', pp. xiii-xiv More recently, he has worked with faculty and students at the School of Education at Southern New Hampshire University, as well as the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University. He has collaborated regularly on evaluation projects with The World Bank.

Selected publications

* Yin, Robert K. ''Case study research: Design and methods.'' Sage publications, 1984; 1989; 1994; 2003; 2009; 2014. *Yin, Robert K. ''Case study research and applications: Design and methods.'' Sage publications, 2018 * Yin, Robert K. ''Qualitative research from start to finish.'' Guilford Press, 2010; 2016. * Yin, Robert K. ''Applications of case study research.'' Sage, 2011. ;Articles, a selection * Yin, Robert K. "Looking at upside-down faces." ''Journal of experimental psychology'' 81.1 (1969): 141-145. * Yin, Robert K. "Face recognition by brain-injured patients: a dissociable ability?." Neuropsychologia 8.4 (1970): 395-402. * Yin, Robert K.
The case study crisis: Some answers
" ''Administrative science quarterly'' (1981): 58-65. * Yin, Robert K. "The case study as a serious research strategy." ''Science communication'' 3.1 (1981): 97-114.

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