Methoden vergleichen

	Konstante Vergleichsmethode	Fallstudienforschung	Narrative Analysis
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1967	1984 (seminal codification)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Urheber	Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Typ	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research design	Qualitative interpretive method
Wegweisende Quelle	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine.	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Aliasnamen	CCM, constant comparison, constant comparative analysis, comparative constant analysis	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Verwandt	6	5	6
Zusammenfassung	The Constant Comparative Method (CCM) is a systematic qualitative analysis procedure in which every newly coded incident is immediately compared with all previously coded incidents in the same category. Introduced by Glaser and Strauss in their 1967 grounded theory framework, CCM drives theory development by cycling continuously between data collection and analysis, progressively refining categories until theoretical saturation is reached. Though closely associated with grounded theory, the method has been widely adopted as a stand-alone analytic strategy across qualitative traditions.	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.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.