A researcher generally follows the quantitative paradigm as her primary status research paradigm. However, to help her develop a standardized quantitative questionnaire, she first interviews 15 participants to help her understand the language and categories of the people in her target population. Which design is this?
A) Primary status sequential design
B) Equal-status sequential design
C) Primary status concurrent design
D) Equal-status concurrent design

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The researcher primarily follows a quantitative paradigm but uses qualitative interviews to inform the development of a quantitative tool, indicating a primary status sequential design where qualitative data is collected first to aid the quantitative phase.

A Researcher Generally Follows the Quantitative Paradigm as Her Primary