Professor Cay notes that respondent Mary Ginger is a 54-year-old grandmother who has two grandchildren living in her household.Neither of the grandchildren's parents live with them.Cay also learns that Ginger had to quit her job in order to stay home with the young grandchildren because Ginger feared leaving the two youngsters with a baby-sitter.Ginger told Professor Cay that two of her friends were dealing with similar situations and a third friend was considering whether to obtain custody of her grandchild.Using this information,it sounds like Professor Cay is doing a
A)case-oriented nomothetic analysis.
B)case-oriented idiographic analysis.
C)variable-oriented nomothetic analysis.
D)variable-oriented idiographic analysis.
E)cross-case analysis.

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The information given about Mary Ginger and her friends is specific to their individual circumstances and experiences, which suggests that Professor Cay is conducting a case-oriented idiographic analysis. This type of analysis focuses on understanding the unique details and context of each case, rather than trying to identify general patterns or relationships across cases (which would be characteristic of a variable-oriented nomothetic analysis or cross-case analysis).

Professor Cay Notes That Respondent Mary Ginger Is a 54-Year-Old