Aiming for a representative sample: Simulating random versus purposive strategies for hospital selection.
Background: A ubiquitous issue in research is that of selecting a representative sample from the study population. While random sampling strategies are the gold standard, in practice, random sampling of participants is not always feasible nor necessarily the optimal choice. In our case, a selection...
| Published in: | BMC Medical Research Methodology Vol. 15; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
10/23/2015
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |