A nurse at the local clinic notices that adherence to the treatment regimen for seizure disorder is more problematic in patients from one cultural group. The nurse develops a research team to explore this problem. The group plans to collect data via focus group interviews and questionnaires administered to participants at the time of the interviews. What is the best description of the type of mixed methods strategy employed by the researcher?

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The convergent concurrent strategy involves collecting both qualitative (e.g., focus group interviews) and quantitative (e.g., questionnaires) data simultaneously and then merging the data to provide a comprehensive analysis of the research problem. This approach is being used by the nurse's research team.

A Nurse at the Local Clinic Notices That Adherence to the Treatment