Jesa is conducting a study that examines the way that school board members make decisions. She attends and observes a number of school board meetings. After each, she follows up with key personnel using informal interviews based upon her observations at the meetings. She develops key themes that she thinks describe the different factors that go into members' decision-making. She then generates a survey that includes these factors and asks participants to rate the relative importance of each of these factors. Jesa's study could best be described as
A) QUAN-QUAL.
B) Explanatory.
C) QUAN-qual.
D) Exploratory.

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Jesa is conducting an exploratory study, as she is observing and following up with informal interviews to generate key themes and develop a survey. Her goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that go into school board members' decision-making. This type of study is exploratory in nature, as it aims to explore and gain insight into a specific topic or phenomenon.

Jesa Is Conducting a Study That Examines the Way That