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On the Concept of Snowball Sampling

Applications 2011-08-02 v1

Abstract

This brief comment reflects on the historical and current uses of the term "snowball sampling."

Cite

@article{arxiv.1108.0301,
  title  = {On the Concept of Snowball Sampling},
  author = {Mark S. Handcock and Krista J. Gile},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0301},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, 0 figures. To appear in Sociological Methodology

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