Practice question · True or false
A single study can be genuinely mixed-methods, using a survey to measure how common a symptom is AND interviews to explore what living with it feels like.
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- Mixed-methods is defined by deliberately combining both traditions.
- A survey measures breadth; interviews add depth - both can live in one design.
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True
Why
True. Mixed-methods research intentionally combines quantitative breadth (the survey's prevalence estimate) with qualitative depth (the interviews' lived experience) in one study, capturing what neither could alone.
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