Methoden vergleichen

	Gleichgewichtiger konvergenter eingebetteter Mixed-Methods-Design	Multilevel Mixed Methods Design
Fachgebiet	Forschungsdesign	Forschungsdesign
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2007–2011	Late 1990s–2000s
Urheber	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark	Bonnie Nastasi, John Hitchcock, and collaborators; systematized by Creswell & Plano Clark
Typ	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Wegweisende Quelle	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 Publications. ISBN: 978-1483357829
Aliasnamen	equal-status embedded design, equal-priority concurrent embedded design, balanced embedded mixed methods, QUAN+QUAL embedded design	multilevel MMR, nested mixed methods, hierarchical mixed methods design, cross-level mixed methods
Verwandt	6	5
Zusammenfassung	The equal-weight concurrent embedded mixed methods design collects quantitative and qualitative data simultaneously, with one strand nested inside the other, while assigning both strands equivalent analytic priority. Unlike the standard embedded design where one dominant strand drives the study and the other plays a supporting role, the equal-weight variant treats both strands as co-equal contributors to understanding the research problem, demanding rigorous analysis of both before integration.	Multilevel mixed methods design is a research approach that collects and integrates both quantitative and qualitative data at two or more distinct levels of a social or organizational hierarchy — for example, individuals nested within classrooms, classrooms within schools, or patients within healthcare teams. By pairing quantitative measurement of outcomes at one level with qualitative exploration of meaning at another, researchers gain a richer, more complete picture than either strand alone could provide.