方法对比

	参与式案例研究	多案例研究
领域	质性	质性
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1980s–1990s (as an integrated approach)	1980s–1990s (Yin's first edition 1984; Stake's collective case study concept 1995)
提出者	Synthesised from Robert K. Yin (case study) and Peter Reason / William Foote Whyte (participatory research)	Robert K. Yin (systematic replication logic); Robert E. Stake (naturalistic/collective case tradition)
类型	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
开创性文献	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
别名	collaborative case study, participatory case research, co-constructed case study, PCS	comparative case study, multi-site case study, collective case study, cross-case analysis
相关	5	6
摘要	Participatory Case Study is a qualitative design that embeds participatory principles within a bounded case study framework. Participants are not merely research subjects but active collaborators who co-define the research questions, co-generate data, contribute to analysis, and validate the findings. The approach is appropriate when deep understanding of a specific, bounded context is needed and when the community or group under study has both the capacity and the right to shape the knowledge produced about their own situation.	Multiple-case study design investigates two or more bounded real-world cases using the same research protocol, then compares findings across cases to identify patterns, contrasts, and explanatory insights that a single case could not produce. Developed primarily through Robert Yin's replication logic and Robert Stake's collective case tradition, the approach is particularly powerful when a researcher needs to determine whether a phenomenon occurs under varied conditions or to test an emerging theoretical explanation against rival contexts.