A researcher conducts a survey to determine the perceived health status of elderly persons living independently at home. The same subjects participate in a telephone call in which they describe the lived experience of living with chronic illness. When writing up the research study, the nurse would describe using:
A) a control group.
B) triangulation.
C) a pilot study.
D) secondary data analysis.

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Triangulation is the use of a variety of methods to collect data on the same concept-in this situation, quantitative research through survey and qualitative research through phenomenology.

A Researcher Conducts a Survey to Determine the Perceived Health