השוואת שיטות

	מחקר מקרה השוואתי	מבנה מחקר מקרה יחיד
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)	1984 (Yin's seminal protocol); 1995 (Stake's art-of-case-study framework)
הוגה השיטה	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
סוג	Qualitative / mixed research design	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	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
כינויים	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis	single-site case study, holistic single-case design, intrinsic case study, bounded case inquiry
קשורות	4	6
תקציר	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.	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.'