4 Qualitative Health Research 24 (1) that uses a different analytical technique and is not comprehensive enough to stand alone; that is, the supplemental strategy is only “complete,” or interpretable, within the context of the core component (Morse, 2003; Morse & Niehaus, 2009). Thus, mixed-method design consists of “one and a half” projects, with the supplemental component adding scope, depth, or description to the core component. The supplemental component does not “make sense” on its own: qualitatively it lacks saturation; quantitatively it may consist of a set of scores. With QUAL-qual or QUAL-quan designs the core (main) component (ie, the QUAL) is a complete study. It is a saturated, complete study that could be published alone, but it is complemented with another data set, called the supplemental component (the qual or quan), that is used to illustrate a particular aspect or a dimension of the aim that is inaccessible by the core method. Dynamic reflexivity between the two components assists in illuminating aspects of the analysis of the core project. Such dynamic reflexivity enables the research design to respond to and be molded by the questions underpinning the research, both initially and throughout the project. It avoids the problems that arise when trying to fit the question to fixed designs predetermined at the proposal phase (Hesse-Biber & Johnson, 2013). The two components of the mixed-method study are usually kept separate2 during the analytic procedures until they are combined at the point of interface and integrated into a new section in the article called the Results Narrative (Morse & Neihaus, 2009). When integrating the two components, the results of the core component form the theoretical base (ie, the main story), into which the results of the supplemental component are used to illustrate the theoretical narrative or to add description at strategic positions in the narrative. In this way, significant areas of the research project are expanded, strengthened, and deepened by the supplemental project. This strategy of using mixed-method design thereby enhances the research project as a whole, often circumventing the necessity to conduct a further separate project. In summary, the characteristics of qualitatively-driven mixedmethod designs are as follows: