Linganisha mbinu

	Uchambuzi wa Meta wa Mbinu Zilizochanganywa kwa Leng Lengo la Tathmini	Uamuzi Mkuu wa Mbinu Mseto
Nyanja	Muundo wa Utafiti	Muundo wa Utafiti
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s–2010s	1998–2003
Mwanzilishi	Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie (meta-inference); evaluation-oriented framing associated with Donna M. Mertens and Jennifer C. Greene	Abbas Tashakkori & Charles Teddlie
Aina	Mixed methods research design variant	Mixed methods integration procedure
Chanzo asilia	Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2010). SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1412972666	Teddlie, C., & Tashakkori, A. (2009). Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761930129
Majina mbadala	evaluation MMR meta-inference, evaluation-focused meta-inference, mixed methods evaluation inference, meta-inference in evaluation research	meta-inference, mixed methods overall inference, integrated inference, MMR meta-inference
Zinazohusiana	5	6
Muhtasari	Evaluation-oriented mixed methods meta-inference is a rigorous concluding process in program evaluation research in which the researcher integrates inferences drawn from both quantitative and qualitative strands of a mixed methods study into a single, coherent, higher-order conclusion. This meta-inference is explicitly anchored to evaluation questions — such as program worth, merit, or impact — and is judged by dual quality criteria: inferential consistency and interpretive consistency across strands.	Mixed methods meta-inference is the overarching conclusion drawn at the end of a mixed methods study by systematically combining and integrating the separate inferences produced by the quantitative and qualitative strands. It represents the highest-level interpretive act in mixed methods research: moving beyond strand-specific findings to produce a unified, coherent understanding of the research problem that neither strand could yield alone.