Compara mètodes

	Investigació de mètodes mixts	Investigació-Acció Participativa (IAP)
Camp	Qualitativa	Qualitativa
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Any d'origen	—	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Autor original	—	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Tipus	Research design framework	Qualitative research method
Font seminal	Creswell, J.W. & Plano Clark, V.L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Àlies	Karma Yöntem Araştırması (Mixed Methods), multi-method research, triangulation design	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
Relacionats	4	6
Resum	Mixed methods research is a systematic research design in which quantitative and qualitative data are collected and analysed within a single study. Formalised by Creswell and Plano Clark (2003, 3rd ed. 2018), it offers three principal design variants — concurrent, sequential, and transformative — and strengthens findings through triangulation across both data strands.	Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.