Sentence examples for by purposive sampling from from inspiring English sources

Participating nurses were selected by purposive sampling from hospitals affiliated to Jahrom University of Medical Sciences in Jahrom, Fars, Iran.

The participants in this study were included by purposive sampling from a larger group of patients who were included consecutively.

Participants were recruited between October 2011 and May 2012 by purposive sampling from participants in the larger study.

A total of 200 mothers were selected by purposive sampling from all mothers who brought their children for treatment at the out patient department of the hospital.

Credibility was enhanced by purposive sampling of participants from different communities with varying experiences of Mobile Midwife, choosing a study setting in which Mobile Midwife was active, use of direct quotations from the interview text in the results, and assessment of the completed interviews to seek improvements in next set of data collection (26).

The study sample for the qualitative study was chosen by stratified, purposive sampling from a previous study of physical activity measurements in pregnancy.

This was followed by purposive sampling of eight (8) districts from each region after a Principal Component Analysis (PCA).

Selection was guided by purposive sampling to get insight to experiences of immigrants from Southeast European cultures attending a function-centred rehabilitation program.

Thirty people diagnosed with OAB were recruited from an OAB patient self-help group in Hong Kong by purposive sampling.

These experts were selected by purposive sampling.

The sample consisted of seven experts by purposive sampling.