Linganisha mbinu

	Muundo wa Mchanganyiko wa Njia Mbalimbali za Ngazi Sawa	Muundo wa Mbinu Mchanganyiko wa Utatu Sambamba
Nyanja	Muundo wa Utafiti	Muundo wa Utafiti
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s–2010s	2007 (formally named in Creswell & Plano Clark, 1st ed.)
Mwanzilishi	Tashakkori & Teddlie; Creswell & Plano Clark	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. (2017). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2011). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1412975179
Majina mbadala	QUAN+QUAL multilevel design, equal-status multilevel mixed methods, balanced multilevel mixed methods, equal-priority multilevel mixed methods	convergent parallel design, triangulation design, QUAN+QUAL concurrent design, simultaneous triangulation
Zinazohusiana	6	5
Muhtasari	Equal-weight multilevel mixed methods is a mixed methods design in which quantitative and qualitative data strands are collected at two or more distinct levels of a social system — such as students, classrooms, and schools — and both strands carry equal analytic priority. The QUAN+QUAL notation (where '+' signals equal weight) is applied across each level, and integration occurs both within and between levels to build a comprehensive, multi-perspectival understanding.	The concurrent triangulation mixed methods design collects quantitative and qualitative data simultaneously, analyzes each strand independently, and then merges the results to assess whether the two data sources corroborate one another. Often called the convergent parallel design, it is one of the foundational configurations in mixed methods research and is chosen specifically when the researcher wants to cross-validate or triangulate findings from two distinct methodological traditions.