Sampling Knowledge: The Hermeneutics of Snowball Sampling in Qualitative Research
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Sampling for qualitative research.
The probability sampling techniques used for quantitative studies are rarely appropriate when conducting qualitative research. This article considers and explains the differences between the two approaches and describes three broad categories of naturalistic sampling: convenience, judgement and theoretical models. The principles are illustrated with practical examples from the author's own rese...
متن کاملComparision of Snowball Sampling and Sequential Sampling Technique
Representing against population with a subset of it is termed as sampling. Sampling can either be statistical or non-statistical. In statistical sampling (probability sampling technique) calculating the probability of getting any particular sample is possible. It is scientific and every element stands an equal chance of being selected. In statistical sampling, workforce, time and money highly l...
متن کاملComparision of Snowball Sampling and Sequential Sampling Technique
Representing against population with a subset of it is termed as sampling. Sampling can either be statistical or non-statistical. In statistical sampling (probability sampling technique) calculating the probability of getting any particular sample is possible. It is scientific and every element stands an equal chance of being selected. In statistical sampling, workforce, time and money highly l...
متن کاملAccessing Hidden and Hard-to-reach Populations: Snowball Research Strategies Snowball Sampling
Rowland Atkinson and John Flint are researchers at the Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. Both have an interest in the spatial distribution and experience of social exclusion and have been commissioned to devise a methodology for tracing residents who leave regeneration areas in Scotland. •In its simplest formulation snowball sampling consists of identifying respondents who are...
متن کاملQualitative research as methodical hermeneutics.
The proportion of publications of qualitative research in mainstream psychology journals is small. Thus, in terms of this important criterion, despite its recent rapid growth, qualitative research is marginalized in psychology. The author suggests that contributing to this situation is the lack of a coherent and unifying methodology of qualitative research methods that elucidates their credibil...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Social Research Methodology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1364-5579,1464-5300
DOI: 10.1080/13645570701401305