Linganisha mbinu

	Muundo wa Mseto wa Njia Tambuzi-Tawala: Muhtasari wa Ubunifu	Muundo wa Mbinu Mchanganyiko wa Utafiti unaoongozwa na Ubora
Nyanja	Muundo wa Utafiti	Muundo wa Utafiti
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2003–2009	2003–2007
Mwanzilishi	Charles Teddlie & Abbas Tashakkori (matrix framework); qualitative-dominant weighting drawn from Jennifer Greene and David Morgan	Creswell & Plano Clark; Morse (priority notation)
Aina	Mixed methods research design variant	Mixed methods research design
Chanzo asilia	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	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379
Majina mbadala	QUAL-dominant MMM, qualitative-priority mixed methods matrix, QUAL-weighted matrix design, qual-dominant typology matrix	QUAL-dominant exploratory sequential design, qual-first exploratory mixed methods, qualitative-priority exploratory sequential MMR, QUAL → quan exploratory design
Zinazohusiana	5	6
Muhtasari	The qualitative-dominant mixed methods matrix is a design variant in which the researcher selects and positions a specific mixed methods design within a typological matrix — organized by timing (sequential vs. concurrent) and paradigm weighting — while assigning greater priority to the qualitative strand. Quantitative data play a supporting, supplementary role, and the final inferences are grounded primarily in qualitative findings.	This design begins with a substantive qualitative phase (QUAL) that drives the study, followed by a smaller quantitative phase (quan) used to test, refine, or extend qualitative findings to a broader sample. The qualitative strand holds priority in both scope and interpretation; the quantitative strand serves a confirmatory or generalisability function. It is particularly well suited when theory or instrument development must be grounded in participants' own frameworks before statistical testing.