Сравнение на методи

	Селективно кодиране	Case Study
Област	Качествени методи	Качествени методи
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	1967 (Glaser & Strauss); refined 1990 (Strauss & Corbin)	1984 (seminal codification)
Създател	Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (classic GT); systematised by Anselm Strauss & Juliet Corbin; constructivist variant by Kathy Charmaz	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)
Тип	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research design
Основополагащ източник	Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803932975	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Други названия	focused coding, theoretical integration, GT selective coding, core category coding	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
Свързани	6	5
Резюме	Selective coding is the third and final analytic phase of grounded theory, in which the researcher systematically identifies one central or core category that integrates all other major categories developed during open and axial coding. The outcome is a coherent, data-grounded substantive theory that explains the main social process or phenomenon under study. First formalized by Glaser and Strauss (1967) and later elaborated by Strauss and Corbin (1990) and Kathy Charmaz (2006), selective coding transforms fragmented mid-level categories into a unified theoretical account.	Case study research is a qualitative research design that investigates a specific phenomenon, individual, group, organisation, or event in depth within its real-world context. Systematised by Robert K. Yin in 1984, it supports single-case and multiple-case designs and draws on multiple data sources — interviews, observation, documents, and artefacts — to build a rich, contextualised account of a bounded unit.