convenience sampling

noun

A type of non-probability sampling that involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population that is close to hand.

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nounconvenience sampling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of non-probability sampling that involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population that is close to hand.

    For simplicity, I will concentrate initially on examples from English. This is mostly because that is the language that I speak and write well in: a matter of convenience sampling.

    2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 5
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