Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μελέτη Περίπτωσης Μοναδικής Περίπτωσης	Φαινομενολογία
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1984 (Yin's seminal protocol); 1995 (Stake's art-of-case-study framework)	Early 20th century (Husserl ~1900–1913; Heidegger ~1927)
Δημιουργός	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake	Edmund Husserl (transcendental); Martin Heidegger (hermeneutic)
Τύπος	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research approach
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957466
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	single-site case study, holistic single-case design, intrinsic case study, bounded case inquiry	Fenomenoloji, phenomenological inquiry, phenomenological analysis
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	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.'	Phenomenology is a qualitative research approach that investigates how participants live through and make sense of a specific experience. Rooted in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and extended by Martin Heidegger, it aims to reveal the essential structures of lived experience rather than to measure or predict outcomes. The two most widely applied variants are Husserl's transcendental phenomenology, which seeks universal essences, and Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, which emphasises interpretation within context.