Initial purposive sampling for the sample sought sample diversity related to child age, diagnoses, home location, family constellation, and cultural and socioeconomic background.
Initial purposive sampling for the sample sought sample diversity related to HCP sub-specialty, inpatient vs. outpatient practice experience and variety of patients cared for.
To maximize our knowledge about the appraisal of the caregiving situation, we sought sampling diversity for type of relationship, gender, type of illness and institute, as these characteristics may influence the way the caregiver experiences the situation.
But when the F.D.A. began seeking samples to test, the trade group representing compounding pharmacists went on the offensive.
The vast majority of the songs Lomax recorded will never show up on a pop chart, though the Lomax archive has lately become a resource for producers seeking samples of unvarnished authenticity.
Six were seeking samples for the purpose of broader medical research on a particular system or tissue type.
Risk factor research has focused on specific subgroups such as the elderly or adolescents, or has been restricted to general practice (i.e., treated or help seeking) samples [ 4, 5].
Ecologists often seek sampling protocols that are both effective and relatively simple, i.e. those that provide a balance between the advantages obtained through sampling completeness and the costs involved in species sorting.
Sampling was undertaken for quantitative representativeness, for the primary questionnaire analysis rather than seeking sample variation.
