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	مطالعه طولی موردی چندگانه	طراحی مطالعه موردی چندگانه
حوزه	کیفی	کیفی
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	1980s–2000s (Yin's multiple-case framework c. 1984; longitudinal qualitative elaboration c. 2003)	1980s–1990s (Yin's first edition 1984; Stake's collective case study concept 1995)
پدیدآور	Robert K. Yin (multiple case design); Johnny Saldana (longitudinal qualitative methods)	Robert K. Yin (systematic replication logic); Robert E. Stake (naturalistic/collective case tradition)
نوع	Qualitative longitudinal research design	Qualitative research method
منبع بنیادین	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
نام‌های دیگر	longitudinal multi-case study, repeated multiple case study, panel case study, multi-site longitudinal case study	comparative case study, multi-site case study, collective case study, cross-case analysis
مرتبط	6	6
خلاصه	Longitudinal multiple case study is a qualitative research design that examines two or more bounded cases through repeated data-collection waves over an extended period. By tracking each case across time and comparing patterns across cases, researchers can document how phenomena change, stabilise, or diverge — generating both depth within each site and breadth across sites that neither a single case nor a one-shot survey can provide.	Multiple-case study design investigates two or more bounded real-world cases using the same research protocol, then compares findings across cases to identify patterns, contrasts, and explanatory insights that a single case could not produce. Developed primarily through Robert Yin's replication logic and Robert Stake's collective case tradition, the approach is particularly powerful when a researcher needs to determine whether a phenomenon occurs under varied conditions or to test an emerging theoretical explanation against rival contexts.