'MIXED METHODS' research integrates:

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D. BOTH QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE methods in same research project — sequential explanatory; sequential exploratory; convergent parallel; embedded; etc. (Creswell)

1. MIXED METHODS RESEARCH integrates BOTH QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE methods in the same research project — gaining advantages of both.
2. DESIGNS (Creswell):
3. (i) SEQUENTIAL EXPLANATORY — quantitative first, then qualitative explains findings;
4. (ii) SEQUENTIAL EXPLORATORY — qualitative first generates hypotheses, then quantitative tests;
5. (iii) CONVERGENT PARALLEL — both methods simultaneously, then merged;
6. (iv) EMBEDDED — one method dominant, the other supports;
7. (v) TRANSFORMATIVE — mixed methods + critical/emancipatory framework.
8. APPLICATIONS in legal research: studying court reforms, legal aid effectiveness, prison conditions, regulatory enforcement.
9. ADVANTAGES: TRIANGULATION, fuller understanding, addressing different research questions.
10. CHALLENGES: time-consuming; requires methodological skill in both traditions; integration is hard.
11. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018)_

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only one method (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018)) (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018))

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only quantitative (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018)) (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018))

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only qualitative (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018)) (cf. Mixed Methods Research (Creswell 'Research Design' 2018))