I used a pre-survey to only help me select participants that best fit my study's critieria for the interviews in my qualitative research. The survey contained some questions to gather some demographic information and a scale and I didn't intent to use any data that I gathered using the survey for any analysis.
But suprisingly, a lot of people answered the presurvey and even though I have selected enough people for interviews, it seems like a waste if I dont include the results of the pre-survey in my paper.
What can I do with the results? Can I include it in my paper even though my research is qualitative? If so, where?
You seem to have used one of the less common mixed methods research designs: quan --> QUAL. Due to its relative rarity, it does not have an agreed upon name, and there isn't any consensus on how to report it. I do devote a chapter to it in my book, Integrating Qualitative and Quantitive Methods, if that is any help.
Yes, please include the data gathered from your survey. Also, you have to change the nature of your research from qualitative to mix method since you use both in your data gathering.
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