On the Concept of Snowball Sampling

2011/08/01 by Mark S. Handcock, Handcock, Mark S., Krista J. Gile +1 · 2 citations
Medicine · Mathematics · #HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk #Opioid Use Disorder Treatment #Census and Population Estimation

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1108.0301

Abstract

This brief comment reflects on the historical and current uses of the term "snowball sampling."

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