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...

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Publicado en:BMC Medical Research Methodology Vol. 15; pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: van Hoeven, Loan R., Janssen, Mart P., Roes, Kit C. B., Koffijberg, Hendrik
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 10/23/2015
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