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    The document discusses research population, sample size, and sampling methods for qualitative research. It recommends sample sizes for different qualitative research approaches, including interviewing 1 case for case studies, assessing 10 people for phenomenology (or fewer if saturation is reached earlier), assessing 20-30 people for grounded theory/ethnography/action research (which is usually enough to reach saturation), interviewing around 5 people for key informant interviews, interviewing around 30 people for in-depth interviews, creating focus groups of 5-10 people each and considering the number of groups needed based on the research question, and selecting a large representative sample similar to a quantitative study for ethnographic surveys.

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    RESEARCH POPULATION, SAMPLE

    SIZE & SAMPLING METHODS -


    QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 
    Qualitative vs. Quantitative
    Determining the sample size
    • Estimation of a sample size may be utilized. The rule of
    thumb of effective sample size for each research approach
    and data collection method presented were designed by Dr.
    Bonie Nastasi in her presentation “Qualitative Research:
    Sampling & Sample Size Considerations
    Biography/ Case Study Select one case or one
    person
    Phenomenology Assess 10 people. If you
    reach saturation prior to
    assessing ten people you
    may use fewer
    Grounded theory/ Assess 20-30 people,
    ethnography/action which typically is enough
    research to reach saturation
    Interviewing Key Informants Interview approximately five
    people
    In-depth Interviews Interview approximately 30 people
    Focus Groups Create groups that average 5-10
    people each. In addition, consider
    the number of focus groups you
    need based on – groupings
    represented in the research
    question
    Ethnographic Surveys Select a large and representative
    sample (purposeful or random
    based) with numbers similar to
    those in a quantitative study

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