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snowball sampling

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snowball sampling

Summary

snowball sampling is a statistical method[1]. It draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (statistical_method category, ranking #18 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • snowball sampling's instance of is recorded as statistical method[3].
  • snowball sampling's subclass of is recorded as nonprobability sampling[4].
  • snowball sampling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/054m6x[5].
  • snowball sampling's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph234786[6].
  • snowball sampling's Quora topic ID is recorded as Snowball-Sampling[7].
  • snowball sampling's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 106399304[8].
  • snowball sampling's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C106399304[9].
  • snowball sampling's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 52574[10].

Why It Matters

snowball sampling draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (statistical_method category, ranking #18 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). snowball sampling. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowball-sampling
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snowball-sampling_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{snowball sampling}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowball-sampling}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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