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Case studies are:

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In-depth examination of a subject and its related conditions.

A case study is a research method involving an intensive, detailed and holistic investigation of a single unit, such as a person, group, event, institution or situation, together with the conditions and factors surrounding it.

The option In-depth examination of a subject and its related conditions correctly describes a case study, because the defining feature of the case-study method is depth of analysis of one subject and the context around it, rather than breadth across many cases.

Studies conducted in areas of genetics and microbiology and Specialized research in the areas of health and sanitation wrongly restrict case studies to particular scientific fields, whereas case studies are used across all disciplines. A report on the existing sociopolitical condition describes a survey or status report, not the intensive single-unit focus of a case study. Therefore the in-depth examination of a subject and its conditions is correct.

Correct answer: In-depth examination of a subject and its related conditions.

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