If you could just provide me with a sample: examining sampling in qualitative and quantitative research papers

Carl Thompson

doi:10.1136/ebn.2.3.68

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If you could just provide me with a sample: examining sampling in qualitative and quantitative research papers

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Apr 2001	0	10	7
May 2001	0	48	10
Jun 2001	0	29	8
Jul 2001	0	38	14
Aug 2001	0	41	16
Sep 2001	0	47	12
Oct 2001	0	62	16
Nov 2001	0	151	14
Dec 2001	0	43	11
Jan 2002	0	70	28
Feb 2002	0	26	4
Mar 2002	0	83	11
Apr 2002	0	101	12
May 2002	0	44	7
Jun 2002	0	41	9
Jul 2002	0	44	12
Aug 2002	0	25	7
Sep 2002	0	62	11
Oct 2002	0	40	2
Nov 2002	0	27	1
Dec 2002	0	19	0
Jan 2003	0	29	5
Feb 2003	0	29	1
Mar 2003	0	34	5
Apr 2003	0	56	6
May 2003	0	41	5
Jun 2003	0	23	10
Jul 2003	0	24	5
Aug 2003	0	34	7
Sep 2003	0	38	2
Oct 2003	0	201	9
Nov 2003	1	83	9
Dec 2003	0	53	4
Jan 2004	0	353	8
Feb 2004	0	62	5
Mar 2004	0	59	13
Apr 2004	0	62	9
May 2004	0	78	18
Jun 2004	0	83	21
Jul 2004	1	92	10
Aug 2004	3	108	17
Sep 2004	0	153	23
Oct 2004	62	214	30
Nov 2004	37	215	51
Dec 2004	27	191	31
Jan 2005	75	520	298
Feb 2005	53	427	92
Mar 2005	51	324	69
Apr 2005	44	254	32
May 2005	36	190	49
Jun 2005	16	171	20
Jul 2005	22	115	17
Aug 2005	17	95	18
Sep 2005	32	100	42
Oct 2005	35	168	65
Nov 2005	46	176	71
Dec 2005	37	129	64
Jan 2006	73	211	220
Feb 2006	47	159	102
Mar 2006	46	158	73
Apr 2006	34	128	43
May 2006	31	129	58
Jun 2006	27	91	60
Jul 2006	17	101	12
Aug 2006	8	45	18
Sep 2006	11	115	27
Oct 2006	33	281	832
Nov 2006	20	288	106
Dec 2006	35	163	104
Jan 2007	16	614	410
Feb 2007	21	344	132
Mar 2007	13	240	106
Apr 2007	64	80	60
May 2007	41	47	21
Jun 2007	43	41	30
Jul 2007	35	37	30
Aug 2007	43	56	34
Sep 2007	62	49	60
Oct 2007	119	74	301
Nov 2007	70	71	85
Dec 2007	48	32	35
Jan 2008	95	485	373
Feb 2008	72	196	107
Mar 2008	110	86	85
Apr 2008	96	158	124
May 2008	54	64	43
Jun 2008	69	55	37
Jul 2008	62	37	15
Aug 2008	59	21	17
Sep 2008	71	49	27
Oct 2008	79	53	66
Nov 2008	109	84	87
Dec 2008	54	32	34
Jan 2009	71	50	36
Feb 2009	69	67	60
Mar 2009	105	65	56
Apr 2009	106	67	53
May 2009	83	32	40
Jun 2009	73	25	36
Jul 2009	56	19	15
Aug 2009	49	27	15
Sep 2009	43	64	62
Oct 2009	127	102	196
Nov 2009	137	81	324
Dec 2009	131	50	70
Jan 2010	106	43	70
Feb 2010	81	52	71
Mar 2010	82	48	97
Apr 2010	98	69	58
May 2010	79	38	38
Jun 2010	44	20	30
Jul 2010	47	24	52
Aug 2010	53	19	20
Sep 2010	82	58	65
Oct 2010	96	33	90
Nov 2010	104	71	113
Dec 2010	62	24	45
Jan 2011	47	40	56
Feb 2011	48	48	41
Mar 2011	59	32	36
Apr 2011	79	44	51
May 2011	120	17	25
Jun 2011	93	12	24
Jul 2011	78	14	8
Aug 2011	50	27	36
Sep 2011	86	22	25
Oct 2011	74	29	34
Nov 2011	84	64	100
Dec 2011	35	48	45
Jan 2012	30	62	58
Feb 2012	14	71	55
Mar 2012	22	110	35
Apr 2012	18	127	54
May 2012	21	127	71
Jun 2012	19	131	31
Jul 2012	20	157	97
Aug 2012	28	125	44
Sep 2012	49	148	61
Oct 2012	58	173	103
Nov 2012	0	277	180
Dec 2012	0	244	63
Jan 2013	0	154	101
Feb 2013	0	221	92
Mar 2013	0	193	103
Apr 2013	0	269	65
May 2013	0	311	72
Jun 2013	17	293	42
Jul 2013	28	213	45
Aug 2013	6	167	38
Sep 2013	13	181	23
Oct 2013	18	215	51
Nov 2013	42	243	80
Dec 2013	12	165	27
Jan 2014	28	184	54
Feb 2014	9	347	18
Mar 2014	27	288	32
Apr 2014	24	346	37
May 2014	26	433	38
Jun 2014	14	366	19
Jul 2014	24	394	18
Aug 2014	21	278	39
Sep 2014	20	417	25
Oct 2014	29	181	40
Nov 2014	40	430	91
Dec 2014	20	208	22
Jan 2015	24	340	47
Feb 2015	29	315	46
Mar 2015	33	389	29
Apr 2015	35	364	30
May 2015	39	404	28
Jun 2015	32	306	20
Jul 2015	34	335	25
Aug 2015	33	318	40
Sep 2015	48	421	30
Oct 2015	21	348	27
Nov 2015	72	605	103
Dec 2015	54	362	49
Jan 2016	52	465	78
Feb 2016	38	460	21
Mar 2016	28	401	38
Apr 2016	62	393	62
May 2016	49	414	32
Jun 2016	25	264	13
Jul 2016	22	256	30
Aug 2016	39	294	37
Sep 2016	39	373	32
Oct 2016	51	368	66
Nov 2016	59	323	99
Dec 2016	63	207	25
Jan 2017	44	368	73
Feb 2017	27	177	28
Mar 2017	30	149	54
Apr 2017	30	137	30
May 2017	14	143	26
Jun 2017	43	77	16
Jul 2017	110	110	17
Aug 2017	81	81	13
Sep 2017	245	241	16
Oct 2017	424	424	39
Nov 2017	583	581	49
Dec 2017	299	295	30
Jan 2018	454	454	61
Feb 2018	453	432	49
Mar 2018	510	513	55
Apr 2018	588	589	176
May 2018	484	495	180
Jun 2018	494	501	69
Jul 2018	426	426	121
Aug 2018	397	398	188
Sep 2018	385	382	276
Oct 2018	628	627	316
Nov 2018	565	565	257
Dec 2018	324	320	109
Jan 2019	458	455	171
Feb 2019	447	417	145
Mar 2019	429	394	246
Apr 2019	502	412	386
May 2019	359	293	209
Jun 2019	377	339	134
Jul 2019	338	266	168
Aug 2019	326	271	204
Sep 2019	344	276	260
Oct 2019	463	338	345
Nov 2019	428	304	311
Dec 2019	311	183	266
Jan 2020	430	276	307
Feb 2020	413	288	359
Mar 2020	465	307	487
Apr 2020	444	288	566
May 2020	363	230	534
Jun 2020	477	344	332
Jul 2020	425	311	258
Aug 2020	435	331	301
Sep 2020	492	307	261
Oct 2020	624	409	353
Nov 2020	814	593	421
Dec 2020	647	443	390
Jan 2021	781	543	529
Feb 2021	753	528	515
Mar 2021	739	477	435
Apr 2021	736	384	477
May 2021	504	317	321
Jun 2021	172	174	304
Jul 2021	214	214	261
Aug 2021	243	248	365
Sep 2021	316	316	494
Oct 2021	586	338	531
Nov 2021	686	375	572
Dec 2021	527	285	377
Jan 2022	530	294	396
Feb 2022	517	324	327
Mar 2022	631	376	380
Apr 2022	519	310	335
May 2022	631	341	306
Jun 2022	400	236	212
Jul 2022	388	223	154
Aug 2022	494	273	310
Sep 2022	438	222	252
Oct 2022	430	260	240
Nov 2022	551	253	268
Dec 2022	404	150	182
Jan 2023	488	283	303
Feb 2023	511	326	239
Mar 2023	812	573	290
Apr 2023	796	559	262
May 2023	818	587	320
Jun 2023	643	472	267
Jul 2023	601	430	167
Aug 2023	475	296	180
Sep 2023	550	320	221
Oct 2023	531	286	236
Nov 2023	748	316	274
Dec 2023	1335	72	158
Jan 2024	1259	58	113
Feb 2024	806	12	73
Mar 2024	864	13	101
Total	48873	58052	31960

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