Sampling in Qualitative Research

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Author(s): Musarrat Shaheen (IFHE University, India), Sudeepta Pradhan (IFHE University, India)and Ranajee (IFHE University, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 27
Source title: Qualitative Techniques for Workplace Data Analysis
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manish Gupta (IFHE University, India), Musarrat Shaheen (IFHE University, India)and K. Prathap Reddy (IFHE University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5366-3.ch002

Keywords: Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Data Analysis & Statistics / Library & Information Science

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Abstract

The chapter discusses different types of sampling methods used in qualitative research to select information-rich cases. Two types of sampling techniques are discussed in the past qualitative studies—the theoretical and the purposeful sampling techniques. The chapter illustrates these two types of sampling techniques relevant examples. The sample size estimation and the point of data saturation and data sufficiency are also discussed in the chapter. The chapter will help the scholars and researchers in selecting the right technique for their qualitative study.

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