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Snowball Sampling #258

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SachaG opened this issue Nov 16, 2024 · 1 comment
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Snowball Sampling #258

SachaG opened this issue Nov 16, 2024 · 1 comment

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SachaG commented Nov 16, 2024

In sociology and statistics research, snowball sampling[1] (or chain sampling, chain-referral sampling, referral sampling[2][3]) is a nonprobability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_sampling

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SachaG commented Nov 16, 2024

I am testing a form of snowball sampling adapted to the survey format by prompting any respondent checking the "woman" option to help share the survey with other women:

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Curious to get feedback on this idea, especially from women and/or quantitative researchers.

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