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	Μελέτη περίπτωσης ενός πεδίου μεμονωμένης περίπτωσης	Μελέτη Περίπτωσης Μοναδικής Περίπτωσης
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)	1984 (Yin's seminal protocol); 1995 (Stake's art-of-case-study framework)
Δημιουργός	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Τύπος	Qualitative case study design	Qualitative research method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	single-site case study, holistic single case study, naturalistic single case study, field case study	single-site case study, holistic single-case design, intrinsic case study, bounded case inquiry
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	A field-based single case study is a qualitative research design that investigates one bounded real-world case — an individual, program, organization, event, or community — in its natural setting through sustained first-hand fieldwork. Drawing on Robert Yin's systematic case study logic and Robert Stake's interpretive tradition, this design combines multiple data sources collected on-site to build a rich, contextualized account of a phenomenon that cannot be separated from its real-world environment.	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.'