方法对比

	多案例生命史研究	生命历程研究
领域	质性	质性
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1980s–2000s (life history tradition; multiple-case extension)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
提出者	Ivor Goodson; Robert Stake (multiple-case framing)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
类型	Qualitative comparative biographical design	Qualitative research method
开创性文献	Goodson, I. F., & Sikes, P. (2001). Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives. Open University Press. ISBN: 978-0335206124	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
别名	multi-case life history, comparative life history, multiple life history study, cross-case life history	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
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摘要	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.	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.