A comparison of convenience sampling and purposive sampling

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 105-111

  Wu Suen, Lee Jen ^a   Huang, Hui Man ^a   Lee, Hao Hsien ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convenience sampling; Probability sampling; Purposive sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY SAMPLING; PURPOSIVE SAMPLING; SAMPLE SIZE;

CONVENIENCE SAMPLING; PROBABILITY SAMPLING; PURPOSIVE SAMPLING;

RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84906669640     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6224/JN.61.3.105     Document Type: Article

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