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Snowball Sampling
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snowball sampling,
a method of obtaining subjects for a study by soliciting names of potential subjects from those participating in the study.
Snowball Sampling
A popular term for a method used to obtain subjects for a study in which the initial cohort is small; in SS, participants are asked to name acquaintances who might be willing to participate in the study
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Through linking country of birth data, snowball sample cases could be compared with classified cases of maternal death in the Cause of Death Registry (direct and indirect pregnancy-related deaths within 42 days).
Misclassified maternal deaths among East African immigrants in Sweden by Elebro, Karin; Roost, Mattias; Moussa, Kontie; Johnsdotter, Sara; Essen, Birgitta / Reproductive Health Matters
The author got involved in a number of Los Angeles organizations for older lesbians and gay men and chose her snowball sample through the contacts she made.
Dena Rosenfeld. The Changing of the Guard: Lesbian and Gay Elders, ... by Longres, John F. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
A standard textbook on the subject, Social Network Analysis, by John Scott, puts it this way: "A snowball sample, of course, is not a random sample: the structure that is discovered is, in fact, 'built in' to a snowball sampling method itself.
SOCIETIES OF JESUS by Martin, James / Commonweal
 
 
 
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