A mixed methods researcher decides to study the use of vaping among high school students.The specific interest of the researcher is in examining what factors contribute to students frequently vaping.Further,variables can easily be identified from the literature on this topic,and thus the researcher plans to first conduct a survey with the high school students and then follow up with interviews with a few students.Which of the following designs characterizes this mixed methods design?
A)A social justice mixed methods design
B)A convergent mixed methods design
C)An exploratory sequential mixed methods design
D)An explanatory sequential mixed methods design

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This is an explanatory sequential mixed methods design because the researcher starts with a quantitative phase (survey) to identify general trends or relationships and then follows up with a qualitative phase (interviews) to explore those findings in more depth.

A Mixed Methods Researcher Decides to Study the Use of Vaping