Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Πίνακας Μικτών Μεθόδων με Κυριαρχία Ποιοτικών Δεδομένων	Μετα-συμπερασματολογία Μικτών Μεθόδων
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2003–2009	1998–2003
Δημιουργός	Charles Teddlie & Abbas Tashakkori (matrix framework); qualitative-dominant weighting drawn from Jennifer Greene and David Morgan	Abbas Tashakkori & Charles Teddlie
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design variant	Mixed methods integration procedure
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Teddlie, C., & Tashakkori, A. (2009). Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761930129	Teddlie, C., & Tashakkori, A. (2009). Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761930129
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	QUAL-dominant MMM, qualitative-priority mixed methods matrix, QUAL-weighted matrix design, qual-dominant typology matrix	meta-inference, mixed methods overall inference, integrated inference, MMR meta-inference
Συναφείς	5	6
Σύνοψη	The qualitative-dominant mixed methods matrix is a design variant in which the researcher selects and positions a specific mixed methods design within a typological matrix — organized by timing (sequential vs. concurrent) and paradigm weighting — while assigning greater priority to the qualitative strand. Quantitative data play a supporting, supplementary role, and the final inferences are grounded primarily in qualitative findings.	Mixed methods meta-inference is the overarching conclusion drawn at the end of a mixed methods study by systematically combining and integrating the separate inferences produced by the quantitative and qualitative strands. It represents the highest-level interpretive act in mixed methods research: moving beyond strand-specific findings to produce a unified, coherent understanding of the research problem that neither strand could yield alone.