Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Σχεδιασμός Μεικτών Μεθόδων με Ποσοτική Κυριαρχία	Σχεδιασμός Επεξηγηματικών Διαδοχικών Μεικτών Μεθόδων
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1998–2010	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
Δημιουργός	Tashakkori & Teddlie (mixed methods paradigm discourse); pragmatic strand systematized by Morgan and Creswell	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Τύπος	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2010). SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1412972666	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	QUAN-dominant pragmatic MMR, pragmatic quantitative-priority mixed design, quan-priority pragmatic design	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	A mixed methods design in which quantitative data and analysis carry the primary explanatory weight while a smaller qualitative component provides contextual depth. Grounded in philosophical pragmatism, design decisions — including timing, sequencing, and the scope of each strand — are driven by what best answers the research question rather than by adherence to a single paradigmatic tradition.	The explanatory sequential mixed methods design is a two-phase research approach in which a quantitative study is conducted first, and qualitative data are then collected specifically to help explain or elaborate the initial quantitative results. The quantitative phase carries greater priority; the qualitative phase is purposefully built around the findings — such as surprising results, outliers, or statistically significant relationships — that need deeper interpretation.