Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Πολλαπλή Ερμηνευτική Φαινομενολογική Ανάλυση Βάσει Περιστατικών	Συγκριτική Μελέτη Περίπτωσης
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1996 (IPA); multi-case design consolidated circa 2009	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)
Δημιουργός	Jonathan A. Smith (IPA); multi-case extension elaborated by Smith, Flowers & Larkin	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Τύπος	Qualitative interpretive research design	Qualitative / mixed research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Smith, J. A., Flowers, P., & Larkin, M. (2009). Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-1412908344	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	multi-case IPA, multiple-case IPA, cross-case interpretive phenomenological analysis, IPA multiple case design	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis
Συναφείς	5	4
Σύνοψη	Multiple case-based interpretive phenomenological analysis (multi-case IPA) applies the close, idiographic reading of IPA to a set of purposively selected cases, conducting detailed within-case analysis before systematically comparing themes across cases. The approach retains IPA's commitment to understanding individual lived experience in depth while allowing the researcher to identify convergent and divergent patterns across structurally similar situations or participant groups.	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.