Comparar métodos

	Investigación de Métodos Mixtos	Entrevista semiestructurada
Campo	Cualitativa	Cualitativa
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	—	1946 (Merton & Kendall); codified as a standard method through the 1980s–1990s
Autor original	—	Robert K. Merton and Patricia Kendall (focused interview, 1946); further systematised by Steinar Kvale
Tipo	Research design framework	Qualitative research method
Fuente seminal	Creswell, J.W. & Plano Clark, V.L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-0761925422
Alias	Karma Yöntem Araştırması (Mixed Methods), multi-method research, triangulation design	guided interview, semi-standardized interview, focused interview, SSI
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Resumen	Mixed methods research is a systematic research design in which quantitative and qualitative data are collected and analysed within a single study. Formalised by Creswell and Plano Clark (2003, 3rd ed. 2018), it offers three principal design variants — concurrent, sequential, and transformative — and strengthens findings through triangulation across both data strands.	The semi-structured interview is a qualitative data-collection method in which the researcher prepares a set of key questions or topic areas in advance but remains free to probe, follow up, and reorder as the conversation evolves. Unlike structured interviews — which fix every question and sequence — or unstructured interviews — which are entirely open — the semi-structured format balances comparability across participants with the flexibility needed to capture the depth and nuance of individual perspectives. It is the most widely used interview format in social science, health, and education research.