Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μεικτές Μέθοδοι Ίσης Βαρύτητας Εστιασμένες σε Περίπτωση	Έρευνα μελέτης περίπτωσης
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2000s–2010s (mixed methods typology formalized ~2007–2011)	1984 (seminal codification)
Δημιουργός	Creswell & Plano Clark; Yin (case study tradition)	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	QUAN+QUAL case study, equal-priority case mixed methods, balanced case-focused mixed methods, equal-status case study mixed methods	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	Equal-weight case-focused mixed methods is a research design that investigates a bounded case — a person, program, organization, or event — using qualitative and quantitative strands that are treated as equally important. Neither strand is subordinate; both contribute with the same priority to the final interpretation of the case. Data are collected and analyzed separately, then integrated at the interpretation stage to produce a richer, more complete understanding of the case than either approach could yield alone.	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.