Concept information
Preferred term
convenience sample
Definition
- Convenience sampling, as its name suggests, involves selecting sample units that are readily accessible to the researcher. It is also sometimes called accidental sampling and is a form of NONPROBABILITY SAMPLING; that is, each member of a population has an unknown and unequal probability of being selected. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Convenience Sample]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/convenience_sample
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