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when quantitative and qualitative methods are implemented at the same time; the findings are integrated and interpreted together

when the primary method is quantitative or qualitative, but the researcher adds the other component to gain additional insight

the qualitative method is implemented first followed by the quantitative method

the quantitative method is implemented first, followed by the qualitative method

quantitative analysis of findings from multiple studies

involves a series of quantitative and qualitative designs; each design findings inform the next phase

the intense debate from the 1970s to the 1990s between social scientists over the value of positivist + interpretivist/constructivist research philosophies

emphasized importance of taking action and learning from the outcomes to generate knowledge

the use of multiple methods to study one research question; the use of two or more different measures of the same variable