Linganisha mbinu

	Embedded Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods	Muundo wa Mbinu Mchanganyiko wa Maelezo Mfululizo
Nyanja	Muundo wa Utafiti	Muundo wa Utafiti
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s–2010s	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
Mwanzilishi	Creswell & Plano Clark (embedded and exploratory sequential variants codified)	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
Aina	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
Chanzo asilia	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
Majina mbadala	embedded-exploratory design, nested exploratory sequential design, qual-first embedded design, QUAN(qual) exploratory sequential	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
Zinazohusiana	6	6
Muhtasari	An embedded exploratory sequential mixed methods design opens with a qualitative phase that explores an understudied phenomenon, then embeds a secondary quantitative strand within or alongside that primary qualitative work. The qualitative findings guide what is measured quantitatively, while the embedded quantitative data provide additional scope or precision without displacing the qualitative logic driving the study.	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.