Recruiting at-risk respondents for a convenience sample in a mixed-methods research : issues and resolutions /
While soliciting a sample for my PhD case study on the health effects of job insecurity at a Canadian university, I met an unanticipated reluctance to volunteer. The target population was contractually hired university teachers. My initial assumption was that 80 to 100 would volunteer for the first...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2018.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | While soliciting a sample for my PhD case study on the health effects of job insecurity at a Canadian university, I met an unanticipated reluctance to volunteer. The target population was contractually hired university teachers. My initial assumption was that 80 to 100 would volunteer for the first stage of the research and a smaller sample of 30 would be chosen from among them for the second stage. Instead, the recruitment strategies had to be revised. This case briefly reviews the context of job insecurity and the methodology of the study. I then analyze the problems in recruiting a convenience sample from an at-risk population. I conclude with my resolutions to these problems and recommendations for working with at-risk populations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526433251 1526433257 |