Case study

One person, organization, event, or place, examined in depth. Trades breadth for detail, and works well when you have unusual access — a local business, a family archive, a program at your school.

Shape: why this case → background → evidence gathered → analysis → what it does and doesn't generalize to.

Common mistake: claiming a single case proves a general rule. It illustrates, suggests, and complicates — that's enough.