Comparer des méthodes

	Codage sélectif	Analyse de contenu	Analyse narrative
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1967 (Glaser & Strauss); refined 1990 (Strauss & Corbin)	Systematised through Krippendorff's methodology work; 4th edition 2018	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Auteur d'origine	Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (classic GT); systematised by Anselm Strauss & Juliet Corbin; constructivist variant by Kathy Charmaz	Klaus Krippendorff (systematic formulation); roots in early 20th-century communications research	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Type	Qualitative research method	Qualitative / mixed-method research technique	Qualitative interpretive method
Source fondatrice	Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803932975	Krippendorff, K. (2018). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (4th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506395661	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Alias	focused coding, theoretical integration, GT selective coding, core category coding	İçerik Analizi, systematic content coding, quantitative content analysis	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Apparentées	6	5	6
Résumé	Selective coding is the third and final analytic phase of grounded theory, in which the researcher systematically identifies one central or core category that integrates all other major categories developed during open and axial coding. The outcome is a coherent, data-grounded substantive theory that explains the main social process or phenomenon under study. First formalized by Glaser and Strauss (1967) and later elaborated by Strauss and Corbin (1990) and Kathy Charmaz (2006), selective coding transforms fragmented mid-level categories into a unified theoretical account.	Content analysis is a systematic research technique for reducing text, visual, or media material into coded categories so that patterns can be counted, compared, and interpreted. Formalised by Klaus Krippendorff in his widely cited methodology textbook (latest edition 2018), the method sits at the boundary of qualitative and quantitative inquiry: it imposes structured, replicable coding on inherently meaning-laden material.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.