Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Συγκριτική Μελέτη Περίπτωσης	Εθνογραφία
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)	c. 1922 (Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific)
Δημιουργός	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake	Bronisław Malinowski (modern ethnography); rooted in 19th-century anthropology
Τύπος	Qualitative / mixed research design	Qualitative fieldwork tradition
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Hammersley, M. & Atkinson, P. (2019). Ethnography: Principles in Practice (4th ed.). Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138504462
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis	Etnografi, participant observation, fieldwork, ethnographic research
Συναφείς	4	5
Σύνοψη	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.	Ethnography is a qualitative research tradition in which a researcher immerses themselves in a social group or community over an extended period — typically three to six months or longer — to study its culture, values, and behaviours in their natural setting. Originating in social and cultural anthropology, and consolidated as a rigorous method by Bronisław Malinowski in the early twentieth century, ethnography produces rich, contextualised accounts of how people live, work, and make meaning together.