Snowball Sampling

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 495-500

  Wright, Richard ^a   Stein, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37849001850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369398-5/00087-6     Document Type: Chapter

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