A researcher conducts observations of juvenile gang members as they go about their everyday lives. Later, he asks juvenile gang members to complete a survey about the types of delinquency they can engage in. This is an example of ______.
A) convergent parallel design
B) embedded design
C) exploratory sequential design
D) transformative design

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This is an example of an exploratory sequential design, where qualitative data (observations of gang members) are first collected and analyzed, and then used to develop a quantitative instrument (a survey) to further explore the research questions.

A Researcher Conducts Observations of Juvenile Gang Members as They