τεχνική της χιονοστιβάδας

English translation: snowball sampling

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Greek term or phrase:τεχνική της χιονοστιβάδας
English translation:snowball sampling
Entered by: Assimina Vavoula

15:35 Aug 24, 2008
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Greek term or phrase: τεχνική της χιονοστιβάδας
Συχνά για τον εντοπισμό των υποκειμένων χρησιμοποιείται η τεχνική της χιονοστιβάδας όπου κάθε υποκείμενο παραπέμπει τον ερευνητή σε γνωστούς και φίλους με συναφή συνήθως κοινωνικά και πολιτισμικά χαρακτηριστικά.
Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 16:18
snowball sampling
Explanation:
Snowball technique or snowball sampling.
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Philip Lees
Greece
Local time: 16:18
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Thanks a lot.
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snowball sampling


Explanation:
Snowball technique or snowball sampling.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_sampling
    Reference: http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU33.html
Philip Lees
Greece
Local time: 16:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.

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