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snowball sampling

snowball sampling noun: a nonprobability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances.

Noun

snowball sampling (uncountable)

  1. A nonprobability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances.

Questions about snowball sampling

What does snowball sampling mean?
Snowball sampling means a nonprobability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances.
What part of speech is snowball sampling?
Snowball sampling is a noun.

Words near snowball sampling in the dictionary

  1. snowball opacity
  2. snowball prime
  3. snowball primes
  4. snowball sample
  5. snowball samples
  6. snowball sampling
  7. snowball tree
  8. snowball trees
  9. snowball's chance
  10. snowball's chance in an oven
  11. snowball's chance in heck

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