مقایسهٔ روش‌ها

	طرح روش‌های ترکیبی با اولویت کمی	طرح روش تحقیق ترکیبی توالی‌گرا تبیینی
حوزه	طراحی پژوهش	طراحی پژوهش
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	2003–2009	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
پدیدآور	Creswell & Plano Clark; Teddlie & Tashakkori	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: 978-1483344379
نام‌های دیگر	QUAN-dominant mixed methods, quantitative-dominant mixed methods, quan-priority design, quantitative-first mixed methods	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
مرتبط	6	6
خلاصه	Quantitative-priority mixed methods design is a research approach in which quantitative data and analysis carry the primary explanatory weight, while qualitative data play a supplementary or corroborating role. The researcher collects and analyzes quantitative data first (or concurrently with greater emphasis), then uses qualitative findings to elaborate, explain, or contextualize the statistical results. Priority and sequence together define where integration occurs and how each strand informs the other.	The explanatory sequential mixed methods design is a two-phase research approach in which a quantitative study is conducted first, and qualitative data are then collected specifically to help explain or elaborate the initial quantitative results. The quantitative phase carries greater priority; the qualitative phase is purposefully built around the findings — such as surprising results, outliers, or statistically significant relationships — that need deeper interpretation.