Understanding sampling: representativeness matters

Authors
Davis, JPL Crombie, IK Davies, HTO
Citation
Jpl. Davis et al., Understanding sampling: representativeness matters, HOSP MED, 62(4), 2001, pp. 237-240
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
HOSPITAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
14623935 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
237 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
1462-3935(200104)62:4<237:USRM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Sampling, or selecting a group of people to represent a whole population, l ies at the heart of almost all research designs. There are marry ways of go ing about this, each of which presents ifs own problems. The trick is to ob tain a good-sized sample that is truly representative of the population as a whole.