Methoden vergleichen

	Vergleichende multiple Fallstudie	Single-Case Study
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1984 (Yin); 2006 (Stake multiple-case analysis)	1984 (Yin's seminal protocol); 1995 (Stake's art-of-case-study framework)
Urheber	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Typ	Qualitative comparative research design	Qualitative research method
Wegweisende Quelle	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Aliasnamen	multi-site case study, cross-case analysis, comparative case research, multi-case comparative design	single-site case study, holistic single-case design, intrinsic case study, bounded case inquiry
Verwandt	5	6
Zusammenfassung	Comparative multiple case study is a qualitative research design in which two or more bounded cases are studied in depth and then systematically compared to identify patterns, contrasts, and transferable findings. Rooted in Robert Yin's case study methodology and Robert Stake's multiple-case analysis framework, it combines the rich contextual insight of single-case work with the analytical leverage gained by examining how phenomena unfold similarly or differently across distinct settings.	A single-case study is a qualitative research design that investigates one bounded instance — an organization, program, event, individual, or community — in its real-world context through multiple converging sources of evidence. Developed into a rigorous social-science method chiefly by Robert Yin and Robert Stake, it is especially powerful when the case is unique, extreme, critical, or revelatory, and when the research question begins with 'how' or 'why' rather than 'how many.'