Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μικτές μέθοδοι με ενσωματωμένη παρέμβαση	Ενσωματωμένος Διερευνητικός Διαδοχικός Μικτός Σχεδιασμός
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2000s–2010s	2000s–2010s
Δημιουργός	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded design framework); intervention application developed in health, education, and program evaluation research	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded and exploratory sequential variants codified)
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	nested intervention mixed methods, embedded experimental mixed methods, mixed methods intervention design with embedded strand, EIMM	embedded-exploratory design, nested exploratory sequential design, qual-first embedded design, QUAN(qual) exploratory sequential
Συναφείς	4	6
Σύνοψη	Embedded intervention mixed methods is a research design in which a qualitative strand is nested within a primary quantitative intervention (experimental or quasi-experimental) study. The quantitative component tests whether an intervention works; the embedded qualitative component illuminates how and why it works — or does not work — for participants. The two strands run concurrently or sequentially within a single overarching study framework, with integration occurring during interpretation.	An embedded exploratory sequential mixed methods design opens with a qualitative phase that explores an understudied phenomenon, then embeds a secondary quantitative strand within or alongside that primary qualitative work. The qualitative findings guide what is measured quantitatively, while the embedded quantitative data provide additional scope or precision without displacing the qualitative logic driving the study.