The nursing student has been assigned to read an article describing "mixed methods" research as it applies to nursing. What can the student expect the article to discuss?
1. Using more than one sampling strategy in a single study.
2. Having a theoretical framework that includes more than one theory as a base for a study.
3. Using both survey completion and face-to-face interviewing in one study.
4. Having more than one person conduct the interviews in a qualitative study.
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Rationale 1: This is triangulation.
Rationale 2: This is triangulation.
Rationale 3: Mixed methods refers to the use of both quantitative (survey completion) and qualitative (interviewing) methods in one survey.
Rationale 4: This is not mixed method.
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