On the Concept of Snowball Sampling
By Mark S. Handcock, Krista Gile. 2011
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Author(s): Handcock, Mark S; Gile, Krista J | Abstract: This brief comment reflects on the historical and current uses of the term "snowball sampling."
Subfields: Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Statistics and Probability
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Citations in the corpus
- Policies for transitioning towards a circular economy: Expectations from the European Union (EU) (2020, methodology): “Using a snowball method (Kirchherr and Charles, 2018; Handcock and Gile, 2011), interviewees were then asked to suggest interviewees not yet identified, yielding 11 referrals and seven additional interviews for a total of 47.”
- Barriers to the Circular Economy: Evidence From the European Union (EU) (2018, methodology): “Second, we complemented this list by snowball sampling (Handcock and Gile, 2011) to also leverage the insights of our interviewees about CE experts.”
- Enhancing the sample diversity of snowball samples: Recommendations from a research project on anti-dam movements in Southeast Asia (2018, unknown): “As is typical of terms adopted by a variety of fields, however, the phrase ‘snowball sampling’ is used inconsistently across disciplines [4].”
- Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intention of Online Teachers in the K-12 Setting (2016, unknown): “This is a common sampling method when potential populations or subpopulations are hard to locate, or to whom the researcher does not have access (Glesne, 2011; Handcock & Gile, 2011).”