Сравнение на методи

	Експлораторен последователен смесен дизайн с доминираща качествена насоченост	Дизайн със смесени методи с приоритет на качествените изследвания
Област	Дизайн на изследването	Дизайн на изследването
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	2003–2007	1991–2003 (formalized in mixed methods typologies)
Създател	Creswell & Plano Clark; Morse (priority notation)	Janice Morse; John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Тип	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Основополагащ източник	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Други названия	QUAL-dominant exploratory sequential design, qual-first exploratory mixed methods, qualitative-priority exploratory sequential MMR, QUAL → quan exploratory design	QUAL-dominant mixed methods, qualitative-dominant mixed design, qual-priority MMR, qualitative-weighted mixed methods
Свързани	6	6
Резюме	This design begins with a substantive qualitative phase (QUAL) that drives the study, followed by a smaller quantitative phase (quan) used to test, refine, or extend qualitative findings to a broader sample. The qualitative strand holds priority in both scope and interpretation; the quantitative strand serves a confirmatory or generalisability function. It is particularly well suited when theory or instrument development must be grounded in participants' own frameworks before statistical testing.	Qualitative-priority mixed methods design is a mixed methods approach in which qualitative inquiry carries the greater weight — in terms of volume, analytical depth, and interpretive authority — while a supplementary quantitative strand provides supporting evidence. The design acknowledges that the phenomenon under study is best understood through meaning-making, lived experience, or social processes, with numbers used to corroborate or contextualize, not to dominate, the research story.