השוואת שיטות

	מתודולוגיית מתודות מעורבות ממוקדות-מקרה בסדר עוקב	עיצוב מחקר מעורב שיטתי חלוצי
תחום	תכנון מחקר	תכנון מחקר
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2000s–2010s	1990s–2000s (codified by ~2007)
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	QUAL → QUAN design, exploratory sequential design, instrument-development design, theory-building mixed methods
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 exploratory sequential mixed methods design is a two-phase research framework in which a qualitative phase is conducted first to explore a poorly understood phenomenon, and the findings then inform a subsequent quantitative phase — typically to develop and test a survey instrument, measure a theory, or generalize qualitative insights to a larger population. The qualitative strand guides what is measured; the quantitative strand tests or extends those findings at scale.