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Adaptive Purposive Sampling

Adaptive purposive sampling is a qualitative strategy in which the researcher begins with explicitly stated, theory-driven selection criteria and then deliberately revises those criteria as data collection proceeds and new understanding emerges. Unlike fixed purposive sampling — where criteria are locked in before fieldwork — the adaptive variant treats the sampling frame as a working hypothesis that is refined in response to early findings, enabling the study to follow the evidence into unexpected but analytically important directions.

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Adaptive Purposive Sampling
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / survey-methodology
  • Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Sage Publications. · ISBN 978-0761919711
  • Marshall, M. N. (1996). Sampling for qualitative research. Family Practice, 13(6), 522–525. · DOI 10.1093/fampra/13.6.522
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Taxonomic bucketAdaptive Cluster Samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketDeviant Case Samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketMaximum Variation Samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPurposive samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketSnowball Samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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