Case studies should not be used as benchmarks


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Case studies should not be used as benchmarks

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Posted by Lauri Gröhn on December 11, 2002 at 06:21:33:
In Reply to: Advice .....? posted by Pearl on December 11, 2002 at 05:19:07:
You are quite right about using case studies as excercises.
My point was only: You can't prove anything by using case studies.
But...
Because in this area there are no basic theories there is often a temptation to use case studies as a kind of benchmarks. But that's wrong and dangerous.

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