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	การออกแบบวิธีวิจัยแบบผสมผสานเชิงสำรวจตามลำดับ	ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยแบบผสมผสานเชิงอธิบายแบบลำดับขั้น
สาขาวิชา	การออกแบบการวิจัย	การออกแบบการวิจัย
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1990s–2000s (codified by ~2007)	2007 (formalized in Creswell & Plano Clark's mixed methods typology)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark	John W. Creswell & Vicki L. Plano Clark
ประเภท	Mixed methods research design	Mixed methods research design
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	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
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	QUAL → QUAN design, exploratory sequential design, instrument-development design, theory-building mixed methods	explanatory sequential design, QUAN → qual design, two-phase explanatory design, sequential explanatory design
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	6
สรุป	The exploratory sequential mixed methods design is a two-phase research framework in which a qualitative phase is conducted first to explore a poorly understood phenomenon, and the findings then inform a subsequent quantitative phase — typically to develop and test a survey instrument, measure a theory, or generalize qualitative insights to a larger population. The qualitative strand guides what is measured; the quantitative strand tests or extends those findings at scale.	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.