השוואת שיטות

	מתודולוגיית מתודות מעורבות ממוקדות-מקרה בסדר עוקב	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	Robert K. Yin (case study integration); John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark (sequential mixed methods typology)	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. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483358307	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
כינויים	sequential case study mixed methods, case-focused sequential design, sequential mixed case design, SCFMM	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
קשורות	5	6
תקציר	Sequential case-focused mixed methods design combines the depth of case study methodology with the phased data-collection logic of sequential mixed methods. Quantitative and qualitative data are gathered in distinct, ordered phases — either QUAN then QUAL or QUAL then QUAN — and both strands are anchored within one or more bounded cases. The design is suited to research questions that require understanding how and why phenomena unfold within specific real-world contexts.	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.