Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ενσωματωμένες Μεικτές Μέθοδοι Εστιασμένες στην Περίπτωση	Έρευνα μελέτης περίπτωσης
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2000s (formalized ~2007-2011)	1984 (seminal codification)
Δημιουργός	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded design); Yin (case-study framework)	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design	Qualitative research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	embedded case-study mixed methods, case-centered embedded MMR, nested case mixed methods, embedded within-case mixed design	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
Συναφείς	6	5
Σύνοψη	Embedded case-focused mixed methods design combines a case-study unit of analysis with an embedded mixed methods structure, nesting one smaller data strand — typically qualitative — within a dominant primary strand — typically quantitative — all organized around one or more bounded cases. This design enables researchers to answer within-case questions at multiple levels, capturing both statistical patterns and rich contextual meaning for a specific case or set of cases.	Case study research is a qualitative research design that investigates a specific phenomenon, individual, group, organisation, or event in depth within its real-world context. Systematised by Robert K. Yin in 1984, it supports single-case and multiple-case designs and draws on multiple data sources — interviews, observation, documents, and artefacts — to build a rich, contextualised account of a bounded unit.