Which of the following is true about mixed methods sampling?
a) Participants are always selected for both the qualitative phase and the quantitative phase using purposeful sampling.
b) Snowball sampling is rarely used in a mixed methods research design because it produces a sample that is too similar to provide useful information.
c) Many mixed methods studies collect data from the same pool of participants, but samples can also be completely independent.
d) The sampling from the quantitative phase is rarely connected with the sampling from the qualitative phase.
c
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