Comparer des méthodes

	Étude de cas unique interprétative	Étude de cas multiples interprétative
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1978–1995 (Stake 1978, 1995; Yin 1984)	1980s–1990s (Yin 1984; Stake 1995, 2006)
Auteur d'origine	Robert E. Stake (intrinsic/interpretive framing); Robert K. Yin (design typology)	Robert K. Yin (multiple case study design); Robert E. Stake (collective/interpretive case study)
Type	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research design
Source fondatrice	Stake, R. E. (1995). The Art of Case Study Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957671	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Alias	single-site case study, intrinsic case study, interpretive case research, bounded single-case inquiry	multi-site interpretive case study, collective case study, interpretive multi-case design, constructivist multiple case study
Apparentées	5	5
Résumé	An interpretive single case study is a qualitative research design that examines one bounded instance — a person, organisation, event, programme, or community — in depth, with the explicit goal of understanding what that case means to the people within it. Drawing on Stake's notion of the intrinsic case and an interpretivist epistemological stance, the approach treats meaning as socially constructed and context-dependent, making rich, contextual understanding its primary output.	Interpretive multiple case study is a qualitative research design in which the researcher studies two or more bounded cases in depth, using an interpretivist stance to understand how participants construct meaning within each setting. Rather than seeking law-like generalizations, it aims to generate rich, context-sensitive understanding that is then compared across cases to reveal patterns, contrasts, and theoretical insights.