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The minimum sample size for qualitative interviewing is:

What can be generalized from a purposive sample?

Qualitative samples 25/02

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What can be generalized from a purposive sample?
That the findings are true for broadly similar cases
That purposive sampling is better than probability sampling
That the findings are true for the entire population
2
The minimum sample size for qualitative interviewing is:
31
30
60
It's hard to say
3
The two levels of sampling used by Savage et al. (2005) for the Manchester study were:
Statistical and non-statistical
Random and purposive
Convenience and snowball
Contexts and participants
4
Generic purposive sampling can be characterized as being:
Fixed and ad-hoc
Fixed and a priori
Contingent and ad infinitum
Contingent and post-hoc
5
Probability sampling is rarely used in qualitative research because:
Research questions are more important than sampling
Qualitative researchers are not trained in statistics
It is very old-fashioned
It is often not feasible
6
Apart from people, what else can purposive sampling be used for?
Timing of events
Context
All of the above
Documents
7
Which of the following is not a type of purposive sampling?
Theoretical sampling
Probability sampling
Snowball sampling
Deviant case sampling
8
What is involved in "purposive sampling" for grounded theory?
Sampling units of time rather than individual persons
Strategically selecting respondents who are likely to provide relevant data
Deciding on a sampling strategy early on and pursuing it relentlessly
Using a random numbers table to select a representative sample of people