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snowball sampling: a standalone construct

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sampling in which initial participants name others, who name others in turn.

In statistics, snowball sampling refers to sampling in which initial participants name others, who name others in turn. This meaning comes from Goodman (1961) in The Annals of Mathematical Statistics.[1]

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  1. Goodman, L. A. (1961). Snowball Sampling. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 32(1), 148-170. https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177705148

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