A Mixed Methods Researcher Decides to Study the Use of Smokeless

question 13

Multiple Choice

A mixed methods researcher decides to study the use of smokeless tobacco among high school students. The specific interest of the researcher is in exam?ining what factors contribute to students becoming frequent users of smokeless tobacco. Further, variables can easily be identified from the literature on this topic and thus the researcher plan to first conduct a survey with the high school students and then follow up with interviews with a few students. Which of the following designs characterizes this mixed methods study?

• A) Embedded mixed methods design
• B) Sequential exploratory mixed methods design
• C) Convergent parallel mixed methods design
• D) Sequential explanatory mixed methods design

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