All qualitative researchers sample, yet methods of sampling and choosing cases have received relatively little attention compared to other qualitative methods.
This innovative book critically evaluates widely used sampling strategies, identifying key theoretical assumptions and considering how empirical and theoretical claims are made from these diverse methods.
Nick Emmel presents a groundbreaking reworking of sampling and choosing cases in qualitative research. Drawing on ...
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction From Sampling to Choosing Cases
PART ONE: THE CASES
Theoretical Sampling
Purposeful Sampling
Theoretical or Purposive Sampling
PART TWO: CHOOSING ...
Circa l’autore
Nick Emmel teaches research methods and the sociology and social policy of international health and health care at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, the Univ...