השוואת שיטות

	מחקר ביוגרפי מרובה-מקרים	מחקר תולדות חיים
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1990s–2000s (cross-case biographical designs consolidated in qualitative methodology literature)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
הוגה השיטה	Synthesised from Robert K. Yin (multiple case logic) and biographical research traditions (Roberts, Chamberlayne, Bornat)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
סוג	Qualitative 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	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
כינויים	multi-case biographical study, cross-case biography, comparative biographical case study, multiple biographical case analysis	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
קשורות	6	6
תקציר	Multiple case-based biographical research combines the cross-case replication logic of multiple case study design with the in-depth life-history orientation of biographical research. Each individual biography is treated as a bounded case, examined first on its own terms, and then analysed comparatively across cases to identify patterns, contrasts, and transferable insights about how lives are shaped by social, historical, and structural forces.	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.