השוואת שיטות

	תכנון שיטות מעורבות מרובות רמות משובצות	תכנון שיטות מעורבות הסברי-רצפי
תחום	תכנון מחקר	תכנון מחקר
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2000s–2010s	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
הוגה השיטה	Creswell & Plano Clark; Teddlie & Tashakkori (mixed methods typology literature)	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
סוג	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
מקור מכונן	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2011). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1412975179	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
כינויים	embedded multilevel design, nested multilevel mixed methods, multilevel embedded MMR, embedded hierarchical mixed methods	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
קשורות	4	6
תקציר	Embedded multilevel mixed methods design nests a secondary qualitative (or quantitative) strand within a primary study that spans hierarchically organized levels — such as students within classrooms, employees within organizations, or patients within clinics. The dominant strand addresses the research question at the structural level while the embedded component enriches understanding at a different level of the hierarchy, producing complementary insights that neither strand could yield alone.	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.