Linganisha mbinu

	Uchambuzi wa Nyaraka Tafsiri	Uchunguzi Simulizi
Nyanja	Mbinu za Kimaelezo	Utafiti wa Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s (building on hermeneutic traditions from the 20th century)	2000
Mwanzilishi	Glenn Bowen (systematic method); Lindsay Prior (social use of documents)	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
Aina	Qualitative document-based research method	Method
Chanzo asilia	Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative Research Journal, 9(2), 27–40.	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
Majina mbadala	interpretive documentary analysis, hermeneutic document analysis, qualitative document analysis, interpretive textual analysis	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
Zinazohusiana	6	3
Muhtasari	Interpretive document analysis is a qualitative method that systematically examines written, visual, or digital documents to construct meaning from them within their social, historical, and institutional contexts. Rather than simply counting content categories, it reads documents as social artefacts — asking not only what a document says, but what it does, who produced it, for what purpose, and what assumptions it encodes. The approach draws on hermeneutic and interpretive traditions to move between individual passages and the broader context in which they were created.	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.