Linganisha mbinu

	Muundo wa Mbinu Mchanganyiko wa Mfuatano wa Uchunguzi	Grounded Theory
Nyanja	Muundo wa Utafiti	Utafiti wa Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2007	1967
Mwanzilishi	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark	Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss
Aina	Mixed methods research design	Method
Chanzo asilia	Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2018). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483344379	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Aldine.
Majina mbadala	exploratory sequential design, SEQEXP, qual → quan design, instrument-development mixed methods	GT, Grounded Theory Approach
Zinazohusiana	6	3
Muhtasari	The sequential exploratory mixed methods design begins with a qualitative phase to explore a poorly understood phenomenon, then builds on those findings in a second quantitative phase — most commonly to develop and test a measurement instrument, or to test whether themes identified qualitatively generalise across a broader population. The two phases are conducted in sequence, with qualitative results explicitly informing the design and content of the quantitative strand.	Grounded Theory (GT) is a systematic qualitative research methodology in which theory emerges directly from data through iterative analysis, rather than being imposed before data collection. Developed by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in 1967, GT prioritizes generating explanatory frameworks grounded in evidence.