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	Πίνακας Μικτών Μεθόδων με Κυριαρχία Ποιοτικών Δεδομένων	Επεξηγηματικός Διαδοχικός Μικτός Μέθοδος με Κυριαρχία της Ποιοτικής Έρευνας
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2003–2009	2000s (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark 2007, 2011, 2018)
Δημιουργός	Charles Teddlie & Abbas Tashakkori (matrix framework); qualitative-dominant weighting drawn from Jennifer Greene and David Morgan	Creswell & Plano Clark (explanatory sequential base); Morse (priority notation)
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design variant	Mixed methods research design
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	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	QUAL-dominant MMM, qualitative-priority mixed methods matrix, QUAL-weighted matrix design, qual-dominant typology matrix	QUAL-dominant explanatory sequential design, qual-priority explanatory sequential MMR, qualitative-weighted explanatory sequential design
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.	The qualitative-dominant explanatory sequential mixed methods design follows a two-phase sequential structure — quantitative data collected first, qualitative data collected second — while assigning dominant analytical weight to the qualitative strand. The quantitative phase surfaces statistical patterns that require deeper explanation; the qualitative phase, which carries greater interpretive authority in this variant, provides the rich contextual understanding that the numbers alone cannot supply.