เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การสุ่มตัวอย่างแบบสะดวกตามพื้นที่	Snowball Sampling
สาขาวิชา	ระเบียบวิธีสำรวจ	ระเบียบวิธีสำรวจ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	Mid-20th century onward	1961
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Conventional practice in social and epidemiological field research	Leo A. Goodman
ประเภท	Non-probability sampling	Non-probability sampling technique
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Babbie, E. (2010). The Practice of Social Research (12th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-0495598428	Goodman, L. A. (1961). Snowball sampling. Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 32(1), 148–170.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	intercept sampling, on-site convenience sampling, street intercept sampling, field intercept survey	chain-referral sampling, network sampling, respondent-driven sampling, referral sampling
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	4	3
สรุป	Field-based convenience sampling is a non-probability technique in which researchers recruit participants by approaching whoever is physically present and accessible at a chosen real-world location — a market, hospital waiting room, park, or transit hub. It is widely used in public health surveillance, marketing research, and exploratory social surveys when rapid, low-cost data collection is needed and probability sampling is not feasible.	Snowball sampling is a non-probability recruitment technique in which initial participants (seeds) refer the researcher to others who meet the study criteria, and those referrals in turn refer further participants. The sample grows incrementally — like a rolling snowball — until the required size or theoretical saturation is reached. It is the method of choice when a target population has no accessible sampling frame, such as undocumented migrants, illicit drug users, survivors of stigmatised experiences, or members of closed professional networks.