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One of the few descriptions of the comparable research task
Technically, Campbell claims that the mul-
may be found in Campbell (1975), which defends one-shot case
tiple implications from a single pattern (or studies, a research design that had previously been discredited
explanation) create multiple degrees of (Campbell and Stanley, 1966). According to Campbell, the
freedom. This differs from the interpreta-
tion of McClintock, Brannon, and
search foran explanation is a kind of pattern-matching process.
Maynard-Moody (1979), who claim that The process can be applied even if there is only a single case
Campbell's goal was to identify micro-units because the pattern must fit multiple implications derived from
within a single case, for which multiple data
points could be assessed. The two views, an explanation or theory.7 Thus, it is incorrect to judge this
though different, are not incompatible. situation by the norms of experimental design, which would
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