Methoden vergleichen

	Vergleichende konstruktivistische Grounded Theory	Vergleichende Fallstudie
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2000s (Charmaz 2000; extended comparatively through 2006–2014)	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)
Urheber	Kathy Charmaz (constructivist strand); comparative application developed in qualitative methodology literature	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Typ	Qualitative comparative research design	Qualitative / mixed research design
Wegweisende Quelle	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973133	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Aliasnamen	Comparative CGT, cross-group constructivist grounded theory, comparative Charmaz grounded theory, multi-site constructivist grounded theory	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis
Verwandt	6	4
Zusammenfassung	Comparative Constructivist Grounded Theory combines Kathy Charmaz's constructivist strand of grounded theory with an explicit comparative design, deliberately collecting and analyzing data from two or more groups, settings, or time points to build a theory that accounts for variation and similarity across contexts. The constructivist perspective treats categories and theory as co-constructed between researcher and participants rather than discovered objectively from data.	Comparative case study is a qualitative research design in which two or more bounded cases are studied in depth and then systematically compared to identify similarities, differences, and patterns across contexts. Rooted in Yin's replication logic and Stake's multiple case framework, it is particularly suited to questions that ask how or why a phenomenon unfolds differently — or similarly — across distinct settings, populations, or time periods.