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	استنتاج فرعی ترکیبی روش‌های ترکیبی تعبیه‌شده	ماتریس روش‌های ترکیبی
حوزه	طراحی پژوهش	طراحی پژوهش
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	2003–2007	2003–2010
پدیدآور	Abbas Tashakkori & Charles Teddlie (meta-inference concept); John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark (embedded design framework)	Tashakkori & Teddlie; Onwuegbuzie & Teddlie
نوع	Mixed methods inference procedure	Research design classification and planning tool
منبع بنیادین	Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761920731	Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Teddlie, C. (2003). A framework for analyzing data in mixed methods research. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (pp. 351-383). Sage.
نام‌های دیگر	embedded MMR meta-inference, meta-inference in embedded design, integrated meta-inference (embedded), EMMD meta-inference	MMR matrix, mixed-methods design matrix, research design classification matrix, mixed methods typology matrix
مرتبط	6	6
خلاصه	Embedded mixed methods meta-inference is the process of drawing a single, overarching conclusion by integrating the inferences from a dominant (primary) strand and an embedded (secondary) strand within an embedded mixed methods design. The embedded strand — typically qualitative nested inside a quantitative study, or vice versa — answers a supplemental question, and meta-inference synthesises both strands into one coherent interpretive claim that neither strand could produce alone.	The mixed methods matrix is a systematic framework for classifying, planning, and comparing mixed methods research designs along key dimensions such as timing (concurrent vs. sequential), priority (quantitative- vs. qualitative-dominant), and point of integration. It provides researchers with a structured map to make design decisions explicit, communicate choices transparently, and locate a study within the broader mixed methods typology.