Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Συνέντευξη Ειδικού	Έρευνα μελέτης περίπτωσης
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1970s–1990s (methodologically systematized)	1984 (seminal codification)
Δημιουργός	Meuser & Nagel (methodological codification, 1991); roots in elite interview tradition (Dexter, 1970)	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)
Τύπος	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Bogner, A., Littig, B., & Menz, W. (Eds.). (2009). Interviewing Experts. Palgrave Macmillan.	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	elite interview, key informant interview, specialist interview	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
Συναφείς	6	5
Σύνοψη	The expert interview is a qualitative method in which researchers conduct in-depth, semi-structured conversations with individuals who hold specialised knowledge, experience, or decision-making authority in a defined field. Unlike general population interviews that target subjective lived experience, expert interviews treat respondents as proxies for a broader institutional or professional knowledge domain. The method is widely used in policy research, organisational studies, science and technology studies, and applied social sciences to map tacit professional knowledge, reconstruct decision processes, and triangulate documentary sources.	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.