Comparar métodos

	Diseño de Investigación	Investigación-Acción Participativa (IAP)
Campo	Diseño de investigación	Cualitativa
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	2003–2010	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Autor original	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark (embedded design); Donna M. Mertens (transformative framework)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Tipo	Mixed methods research design	Qualitative research method
Fuente seminal	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Alias	transformative embedded design, embedded mixed methods with transformative framework, transformative nested mixed methods	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
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Resumen	Embedded transformative mixed methods is a research design that nests one type of data (quantitative or qualitative) inside a dominant dataset of the other type, with both strands guided by an overarching transformative framework — such as feminist, disability rights, or social justice theory. The design serves research questions where statistical breadth and in-depth qualitative insight must both speak directly to equity, empowerment, or systemic change goals.	Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.