방법 비교

	다중 사례 기반 전기 연구	생애사 연구
분야	질적 방법	질적 방법
계열	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
기원 연도	1990s–2000s (cross-case biographical designs consolidated in qualitative methodology literature)	Late 19th–early 20th century (Dilthey ~1883; Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920)
창시자	Synthesised from Robert K. Yin (multiple case logic) and biographical research traditions (Roberts, Chamberlayne, Bornat)	Wilhelm Dilthey (hermeneutic foundations); Thomas & Znaniecki (sociological application); Norman Denzin (interpretive biography)
유형	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
원전	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Denzin, N. K. (1989). Interpretive Biography. Sage Publications.
별칭	multi-case biographical study, cross-case biography, comparative biographical case study, multiple biographical case analysis	life history research, biographical method, life story research, biographical narrative inquiry
관련	6	6
요약	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.	Biographical research is a qualitative method that examines individual lives in depth — through life-history interviews, personal documents, letters, and autobiographical narratives — to understand how personal experience intersects with social, historical, and cultural forces. Rooted in Wilhelm Dilthey's hermeneutics and made prominent in sociology by Thomas and Znaniecki's study of Polish immigrants, it treats the individual life story as a window onto broader social structures and processes. It belongs to the narrative inquiry subfamily alongside oral history and life-story research.