Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Συγχρονική Μετα-Συμπερασματολογία Μικτών Μεθόδων	Σχεδιασμός Μεικτών Μεθόδων Πολλαπλών Φάσεων
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2003	2007 (first edition of Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research)
Δημιουργός	Abbas Tashakkori & Charles Teddlie	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761920731	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483substitute
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	concurrent meta-inference, simultaneous mixed methods meta-inference, parallel strand meta-inference, QUAN+QUAL meta-inference	multiphase design, multiproject mixed methods, programmatic mixed methods, multistage mixed methods
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	Concurrent mixed methods meta-inference is a research design in which quantitative and qualitative data strands are collected simultaneously and then subjected to a formal meta-inferential process — drawing a unified, overarching conclusion that transcends what either strand alone could produce. The concurrent timing means neither strand informs the collection of the other; instead, both strands converge at the analysis-integration stage where meta-inferences are constructed.	The multiphase mixed methods design is a sustained research program in which quantitative and qualitative strands are combined across three or more sequential phases — or across multiple related projects — to address a central program objective. Each phase builds on the prior phase's findings, making the design well-suited to long-term evaluation, intervention development, and large-scale program assessment where a single data-collection cycle cannot fully address the complexity of the research problem.