Módszerek összehasonlítása

	Maximális variációs mintavétel – Maximális variációs céltudatos mintavétel	Rétegzett mintavétel
Tudományterület	Kérdőíves felmérések módszertana	Kérdőíves felmérések módszertana
Módszercsalád	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Keletkezés éve	1985 (Lincoln & Guba); elaborated 1990–2002 (Patton)	1977
Megalkotó	Lincoln & Guba; systematised by Michael Quinn Patton	William G. Cochran
Típus	Purposive qualitative sampling strategy	Probability-based survey sampling design
Alapmű	Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Sage. Chapter 5: Purposeful Sampling. ISBN: 978-0761919711	Cochran, W. G. (1977). Sampling Techniques (3rd ed.). Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-471-16240-7
Alternatív nevek	maximum variation sampling, maximum diversity sampling, MVS, heterogeneous sampling	Proportional Stratified Sampling, Optimal Allocation Sampling, Stratum-Based Sampling, Tabakalı Örnekleme
Kapcsolódó	5	2
Összefoglaló	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.	Stratified sampling is a probability sampling design in which the target population is partitioned into non-overlapping, exhaustive subgroups called strata, and independent probability samples are drawn within each stratum. Formalized by William G. Cochran in Sampling Techniques (1977), the method exploits known population structure to reduce variance and guarantee representativeness of all major subgroups, making it a cornerstone of large-scale survey research and official statistics.