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	طرح ترکیبی اکتشافی ترتیبی تعبیه‌شده	طراحی چندمرحله‌ای روش‌های ترکیبی
حوزه	طراحی پژوهش	طراحی پژوهش
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	2000s–2010s	2007 (first edition of Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research)
پدیدآور	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded and exploratory sequential variants codified)	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
نوع	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
منبع بنیادین	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483substitute
نام‌های دیگر	embedded-exploratory design, nested exploratory sequential design, qual-first embedded design, QUAN(qual) exploratory sequential	multiphase design, multiproject mixed methods, programmatic mixed methods, multistage mixed methods
مرتبط	6	6
خلاصه	An embedded exploratory sequential mixed methods design opens with a qualitative phase that explores an understudied phenomenon, then embeds a secondary quantitative strand within or alongside that primary qualitative work. The qualitative findings guide what is measured quantitatively, while the embedded quantitative data provide additional scope or precision without displacing the qualitative logic driving the study.	The multiphase mixed methods design is a sustained research program in which quantitative and qualitative strands are combined across three or more sequential phases — or across multiple related projects — to address a central program objective. Each phase builds on the prior phase's findings, making the design well-suited to long-term evaluation, intervention development, and large-scale program assessment where a single data-collection cycle cannot fully address the complexity of the research problem.