Linganisha mbinu

	Utafiti wa Kesi wa Muda Mrefu	Uchambuzi wa Hadithi
Nyanja	Mbinu za Kimaelezo	Mbinu za Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	1984–1990 (foundational methodological codification)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Mwanzilishi	Robert K. Yin (case study methodology); Andrew M. Pettigrew (longitudinal field research)	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Aina	Qualitative research design	Qualitative interpretive method
Chanzo asilia	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Majina mbadala	longitudinal case research, panel case study, repeated case study, temporal case study	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Zinazohusiana	6	6
Muhtasari	A longitudinal case study is a qualitative research design that combines the in-depth, contextually rich focus of case study methodology with repeated data collection across multiple time points. Rather than capturing a single snapshot, it follows one or a small number of cases — an individual, group, organisation, or programme — over months or years to trace how processes, relationships, and meanings evolve. This design is well suited to questions about how and why things change, not merely what the state of affairs is at one moment.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.