Do the same participants have to be in both strands?
No, and it depends on your design. In explanatory sequential work it is common and useful to select qualitative participants from the quantitative sample, often deliberately choosing unusual cases. In other designs entirely separate samples are appropriate. Either way, say which and why.
This comes up on Mixed Methods Research Support, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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