Comparar métodos

	Diseño mixto de prioridad cualitativa incrustado	Diseño de métodos mixtos con prioridad cualitativa
Campo	Diseño de investigación	Diseño de investigación
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	2007 (first edition of Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research)	1991–2003 (formalized in mixed methods typologies)
Autor original	Creswell & Plano Clark	Janice Morse; John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Tipo	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Fuente seminal	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1483358468	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Alias	qual-dominant embedded design, qualitative-primary embedded MMR, embedded QUAL+quan design, nested qualitative-priority design	QUAL-dominant mixed methods, qualitative-dominant mixed design, qual-priority MMR, qualitative-weighted mixed methods
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Resumen	The embedded qualitative-priority mixed design nests a secondary quantitative strand within a dominant qualitative inquiry. The qualitative strand drives the research logic, framing the questions, guiding data collection, and anchoring interpretation, while the quantitative component plays a supporting role — typically measuring outcomes, tracking context variables, or confirming patterns emerging from the qualitative core. The result is a rich, theoretically grounded account that remains rooted in participants' meanings while gaining empirical precision where needed.	Qualitative-priority mixed methods design is a mixed methods approach in which qualitative inquiry carries the greater weight — in terms of volume, analytical depth, and interpretive authority — while a supplementary quantitative strand provides supporting evidence. The design acknowledges that the phenomenon under study is best understood through meaning-making, lived experience, or social processes, with numbers used to corroborate or contextualize, not to dominate, the research story.