Sampling in qualitative research. Purposeful and theoretical sampling; merging or clear boundaries?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 623-630

  Coyne, Imelda T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Qualitative; Sampling

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031230693     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.t01-25-00999.x     Document Type: Article

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