השוואת שיטות

	ניתוח תמטי השוואתי	ניתוח תוכן השוואתי
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2000s–2010s (as an explicit comparative variant of thematic analysis)	1952 (Berelson); comparative application developed through 1970s–2000s
הוגה השיטה	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (thematic analysis foundation); comparative extension developed in applied policy and cross-cultural qualitative research traditions	Bernard Berelson (foundational content analysis); Klaus Krippendorff (systematic methodology)
סוג	Qualitative comparative analytical strategy	Qualitative and/or quantitative comparative research design
מקור מכונן	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.	Krippendorff, K. (2018). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (4th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506395661
כינויים	cross-group thematic analysis, comparative TA, multi-group thematic analysis, comparative qualitative thematic analysis	cross-case content analysis, comparative textual analysis, CCA, comparative message analysis
קשורות	6	5
תקציר	Comparative Thematic Analysis applies the structured procedures of thematic analysis across two or more distinct groups, sites, or time points, with the explicit aim of identifying both shared patterns and meaningful differences. Rather than producing a single composite account of experience, it yields a layered analysis that maps where themes converge and diverge across comparison units — making it especially valuable for policy-relevant, cross-cultural, or multi-site qualitative studies.	Comparative Content Analysis applies a shared coding framework to texts, documents, or media artifacts drawn from two or more groups, contexts, time points, or nations in order to identify similarities, differences, and patterns across those units of comparison. By holding the analytical lens constant while varying the comparison unit, it reveals how meaning, framing, or discourse differs across the cases under study.