השוואת שיטות

	מחקר נרטיבי השוואתי	מחקר תולדות חיים
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1990s–2000s	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
הוגה השיטה	D. Jean Clandinin & F. Michael Connelly (narrative inquiry); comparative extension by the broader qualitative comparative tradition	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
סוג	Qualitative comparative research design	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-0787943523	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
כינויים	comparative narrative inquiry, cross-case narrative research, narrative comparison, comparative narrative analysis	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
קשורות	6	6
תקציר	Comparative narrative research is a qualitative design that collects personal stories or life accounts from two or more participants, groups, or contexts and systematically compares them to reveal patterns, contrasts, and contextual influences. Drawing on narrative inquiry's attention to experience-as-story, it adds a deliberate comparative logic to identify what is shared, what diverges, and why differences emerge across cases.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.