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What is purposeful sampling?

5 years ago in Qualitative Analysis By Dev Raj Acharya

Qualitative research

What exactly is purposeful sampling in qualitative sampling methods? I know about snowball sampling and quota sampling. Quick response is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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By Manasa Answered 5 years ago

Dev, purposeful sampling is a sampling strategy where the participants are selected or soughted based on the pre-selected criteria of the research question. There are many types of purposeful sampling methods that you can use for your study.

By Manasa Answered 5 years ago

a) homogenous sampling – this methods aims at achieving a homogenous samples. I.e. units and characteristics of sample must be same. b) extreme case sampling – this is used to focus on special or unusual cases such as cases that highlights notable results( failures or successes). c) total population sampling – as the name suggests this technique is used to examine the entire population. d) typical case sampling – this technique is used when you want to examine the normality/typicality of the units.

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