Сравнение на методи

	Пропорционално целенасочено подбиране	Максимално вариативно подбиране
Област	Методология на проучванията	Методология на проучванията
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	1980s–2000s	1985 (Lincoln & Guba); elaborated 1990–2002 (Patton)
Създател	Derived from purposive sampling tradition (Patton); formalized in mixed-methods literature	Lincoln & Guba; systematised by Michael Quinn Patton
Тип	Non-probability sampling with proportional allocation	Purposive qualitative sampling strategy
Основополагащ източник	Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761919711	Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Sage. Chapter 5: Purposeful Sampling. ISBN: 978-0761919711
Други названия	proportional criterion sampling, quota-proportional purposive sampling, representational purposive sampling	maximum variation sampling, maximum diversity sampling, MVS, heterogeneous sampling
Свързани	4	5
Резюме	Proportional purposive sampling combines the intentional case selection of purposive sampling with proportional allocation across subgroups. Researchers first determine how each meaningful subgroup (e.g., gender, school type, professional role) is represented in the population, then deliberately select participants from each subgroup in those same proportions — using purposive judgment to ensure each selected case is information-rich and relevant to the research question.	Maximum variation sampling is a purposive qualitative sampling strategy in which the researcher deliberately selects cases that span the widest possible range of variation on dimensions central to the study. The goal is not statistical representation but the identification of common patterns that cut across diverse cases as well as the documentation of the unique ways each context shapes the phenomenon under investigation.