Testa et al. (2011) make the argument that research regarding violence against women is best studied with a mixed methods approach. The researchers ultimately conducted several studies and found over time that “the synthesis and analysis that result become so integrated into one’s brain . . . that it becomes difficult to recall where these ideas and hypotheses arose in the first place.” (p. 243) What type of mixed method design best describes this description of mixed methods research?
a. integrated
b. embedded
c. staged
d. complex
e. research program
