Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ενσωματωμένη Μετα-Συμπερασματολογία Μικτών Μεθόδων	Σχεδιασμός Μικτών Μεθόδων με Ενσωμάτωση σε Παράλληλο Χρόνο
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2003–2007	2003–2007
Δημιουργός	Abbas Tashakkori & Charles Teddlie (meta-inference concept); John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark (embedded design framework)	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Τύπος	Mixed methods inference procedure	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. (2011). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1412975179
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	embedded MMR meta-inference, meta-inference in embedded design, integrated meta-inference (embedded), EMMD meta-inference	embedded mixed methods, nested mixed methods design, concurrent nested design, CEMM
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	Embedded mixed methods meta-inference is the process of drawing a single, overarching conclusion by integrating the inferences from a dominant (primary) strand and an embedded (secondary) strand within an embedded mixed methods design. The embedded strand — typically qualitative nested inside a quantitative study, or vice versa — answers a supplemental question, and meta-inference synthesises both strands into one coherent interpretive claim that neither strand could produce alone.	The concurrent embedded mixed methods design collects quantitative and qualitative data at the same time, but assigns unequal priority to the two strands: one (usually quantitative) serves as the primary study, while the other (usually qualitative) is nested inside it to answer a supplementary question. The embedded strand does not stand alone; it provides a different perspective on the same phenomenon within a single unified study.