Practice question · Put in order
Order the steps of a mixed-methods study on nurse burnout, from broad to deep.
- Identify from the numbers which units show the highest burnout rates
- Interview a smaller group from those units in depth about their experience
- Code the interviews for recurring themes that explain the numbers
- Survey 800 nurses with a numerical burnout scale to measure how common it is
Hints
- The quantitative breadth phase sets up WHERE to look before the qualitative depth phase.
- You need the survey results before you can pick whom to interview.
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- Survey 800 nurses with a numerical burnout scale to measure how common it is
- Identify from the numbers which units show the highest burnout rates
- Interview a smaller group from those units in depth about their experience
- Code the interviews for recurring themes that explain the numbers
Why
The survey establishes prevalence and points to the highest-burnout units; targeted interviews then add depth, and coding turns them into themes that explain the numbers. Breadth guides where depth is spent - the logic of a sequential mixed-methods design.
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