Linganisha mbinu

	Utafiti wa Maisha wa Kesi nyingi	Uchunguzi Simulizi
Nyanja	Mbinu za Kimaelezo	Utafiti wa Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	1980s–2000s (life history tradition; multiple-case extension)	2000
Mwanzilishi	Ivor Goodson; Robert Stake (multiple-case framing)	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
Aina	Qualitative comparative biographical design	Method
Chanzo asilia	Goodson, I. F., & Sikes, P. (2001). Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives. Open University Press. ISBN: 978-0335206124	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
Majina mbadala	multi-case life history, comparative life history, multiple life history study, cross-case life history	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
Zinazohusiana	5	3
Muhtasari	Multiple case-based life history research is a qualitative design that collects full biographical accounts from several purposively selected individuals and then compares those life histories across cases to identify shared patterns, divergences, and contextual influences. By treating each person's life story as one analytic case, the approach blends the depth of life history methodology with the comparative rigor of multiple case study logic, producing findings that are both individually rich and cross-case meaningful.	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.