Maria has turned in her honor's thesis that considers the prevalence of ability grouping in local intermediate grades. One of her readers questions the prompts that might have been provided to the participants and how the participants' responses were coded. Given this information, what type of study did Maria conduct for her thesis?
A) Causal-Comparative
B) Ethnographic
C) Mixed methods
D) Experimental

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The mention of prompts and coding suggests that Maria used qualitative methods to collect and analyze data. Additionally, the fact that she considered the prevalence of ability grouping suggests that she also used quantitative methods. Therefore, this study is likely a mixed methods design.

Maria Has Turned in Her Honor's Thesis That Considers the Prevalence