השוואת שיטות

	תכנון מעורב כמותי-עדיפות משובץ	תכנון שיטות מעורבות הסברי-רצפי
תחום	תכנון מחקר	תכנון מחקר
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2003–2011	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
הוגה השיטה	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded structure); Morse & Niehaus (priority notation)	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	QUAN+qual embedded design, quantitative-dominant embedded mixed methods, embedded QUAN design, embedded quantitative-priority design	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
קשורות	5	6
תקציר	The embedded quantitative-priority mixed design is a mixed methods research structure in which a dominant quantitative study (survey, experiment, or longitudinal assessment) provides the primary basis for conclusions, while a qualitative component is embedded within that quantitative framework to address a question the numbers alone cannot answer. Priority and resources lie with the quantitative strand; the qualitative strand enriches, contextualizes, or explains a specific aspect of the larger quantitative investigation.	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.