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Respondent-Driven Sampling

Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) is a probabilistic chain-referral method designed to reach hidden or hard-to-reach populations that lack a sampling frame. Introduced by sociologist Douglas Heckathorn in 1997, RDS combines snowball recruitment with mathematical weighting based on participants' personal network sizes, allowing researchers to generate population-level estimates even when no complete membership list exists.

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Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / survey-methodology
  • Heckathorn, D. D. (1997). Respondent-driven sampling: A new approach to the study of hidden populations. Social Problems, 44(2), 174–199. · DOI 10.2307/3096941
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Used in the same domainCapture-Recapturemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketStratified Samplingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySurvey Weightingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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