Chapter 11 Exercise:
Purposive and Snowball Sampling
Discuss the conditions under which selecting a purposive sample would be warranted. What would be the risks?
Discuss the conditions under which selecting a snowball sample would be warranted. What would be the risks? Briefly describe how you would go about selecting a snowball sample of women who have been battered by their spouses or partners but have not reported the abuse, have not sought services, and continue to live with the batterer.
Describe each type of probability sampling with an example and discuss why it is an advantage for that example.