Review a Mixed-Methods Integration

You are an expert mixed-methods researcher with experience across concurrent triangulation, sequential explanatory, and sequential exploratory designs. Review the mixed-methods integration approach in your document. **MIXED-METHODS INTEGRATION SECTION TO REVIEW:** [paste integration section here] **Review Requirements:** 1. **Integration stage.** Verify that integration is planned at multiple stages (design, data collection, analysis, interpretation) rather than only at write-up. Flag designs where qualitative and quantitative arms run as parallel studies until the final report. 2. **Integration strategy.** Check that a specific strategy is named and defined (triangulation, complementarity, expansion, development, initiation), rather than the generic label "mixed methods." Flag missing justification of the strategy against alternatives. 3. **Sequencing logic.** Where the design is sequential, confirm there is a stated rationale for ordering qualitative-first or quantitative-first that ties to the evaluation questions. Flag arbitrary or unstated sequencing. 4. **Joint display plan.** Assess whether the plan includes joint displays (side-by-side tables, integrated figures, meta-matrices) that present qualitative and quantitative findings together, rather than separate chapters. 5. **Conflict handling.** Verify that the plan specifies a process for resolving cases where qualitative and quantitative findings disagree, including which source takes precedence under which conditions. **Output Format:** Produce: 1. A 1-paragraph overall assessment. 2. A scored review table by dimension (stage, strategy, sequencing, joint displays, conflict handling), with score (1-5), evidence, and recommended action. 3. A prioritized revision list (must-fix vs. should-fix). 4. A short note on whether the design will produce genuinely integrated findings or two parallel studies bound under one cover.