Approaches to sampling and case selection in qualitative research: examples in the geography of health

Curtis, Sarah; Gesler, Wilbert M.; Smith, Glenn E.; Washburn, Sarah

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00350-0

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“…A purposive sample was selected to represent elite winter climbers who were able to discuss the motivational and disinhibitional factors involved in extreme winter climbing (Curtis, Gesler, Smith & Washburn, 2000;Patton, 2002). Inclusion criteria included domain-specific indicators of overall winter climbing ability and experiences of first ascents of unclimbed routes at the highest level of difficulty.…”

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Motivational orientation and risk taking in elite winter climbers: A qualitative study

Jones

Milligan

Llewellyn

et al. 2015

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Objectives: High risk sports participants have typically been viewed as a homogenous group despite variability in performance characteristics and the level of risk undertaken. Prolonged engagement high risk sports such as winter climbing are relatively underserved within current literature. Elite winter climbers attempt climbs that are outside the scope of the current 'known' i.e. unclimbed routes. The majority of the current understanding of motivation in high risk sports is based on quantitative research and the methodologies and instruments used. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of elite winter climbers and gain a richer understanding of their motivational orientation and risk taking behaviour. Design: Qualitative -inductive.Method: Four elite male winter climbers (aged 42-49 years old) took part in semi-structured interviews and explore their motivational orientation and risk taking behaviour. A thematic analysis was used.Results: Two super-ordinate themes of enactive mastery and engendered disinhibition emerged from the data. Enactive mastery was interpreted as a composite of two higher order themes; task mastery and self-mastery. Engendered disinhibition was interpreted as a composite of two higher order themes; social cognitive appraisal and self-perception. Conclusion:Enactive mastery and engendered disinhibition emerged as key behavioural and psychological determinants that influenced individuals to attempt more difficult and riskier forms of winter climbing. Goal achievement was their primary motive which was set within a confidence frame encapsulated within these super-ordinate themes.

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Motivational orientation and risk taking in elite winter climbers: A qualitative study

Jones

Milligan

Llewellyn

et al. 2015

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…Rather than aspire for statistical generalization or representativeness qualitative research aims to reflect diversity in a given population (Kuzel 1992). One way to reach this goal is through a purposive method of sampling (Curtis et al 2000;MacDougall and Fudge 2001). The respondents were chosen from the population of resource users and public infrastructure providers in the two schemes, and amounted to around 20 interviews in both cases, 40 altogether.…”

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One size fits all? Designer-institutions: Lessons from two flawed attempts in Malawi

Skjølsvold

2010

Int J Commons

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This article observes two examples of attempted institutional design in Malawi's central region, Kasungu. In both cases external development actors enter local communities, and establish infrastructure to exploit two common sources of water. One is the exploitation of a river for group irrigation, the other a borehole to facilitate appropriation from a source of ground water. In both cases the infrastructure is accompanied by elaborate schemes of governance, ignoring the pre-existing social and bio-physical traits of the area. The results are two non-robust systems, collapsing under the weight of latent conflicts fuelled by the areas pre-existing institutional and bio-physical configuration. Using the framework of robustness in Social-Ecological Systems as a practical-analytical tool, the entities of the two systems are identified and their failure illustrated. The particular lessons drawn from the two cases are transformed into five general points meant to stimulate both development practitioners and future research endeavors.

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“…We then developed a case sampling strategy in order to select the most suitable companies and informants for our study. Following the framework of Curtis et al [20], we defined and used the following sampling criteria:…”

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Requirements Traceability across Organizational Boundaries - A Survey and Taxonomy

Rempel

Mäder

Kuschke

et al. 2013

Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

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Abstract. [Context and motivation]Outsourcing of software development is an attractive business model. Companies expect cost reduction, enhanced efficiency, and exploited external resources. However, this paradigmatic shift also introduces challenges as stakeholders are spread across distinct organizations. [Question/problem] Requirements traceability supports stakeholders in satisfying information needs about developments and could be a viable way of addressing the challenges of interorganizational development. While requirements traceability has been the subject of significant research efforts, its application across organizational boundaries is a largely unexplored area. [Principal ideas/results] We followed a qualitative research approach. First, we developed a taxonomy identifying the needs of inter-organizational traceability. Second, we conducted semi-structured interviews with informants from 17 companies. Eventually, we applied qualitative content analysis to extract findings that supported and evolved our taxonomy. [Contribution] Practitioners planning and managing inter-organizational relationships can use our findings as a conceptual baseline to effectively leverage traceability in those settings. Effective traceability supports projects in accomplishing their primary goal of maximizing business value.

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Approaches to sampling and case selection in qualitative research: examples in the geography of health

Cited by 360 publications

References 9 publications

Motivational orientation and risk taking in elite winter climbers: A qualitative study

Motivational orientation and risk taking in elite winter climbers: A qualitative study

One size fits all? Designer-institutions: Lessons from two flawed attempts in Malawi

Requirements Traceability across Organizational Boundaries - A Survey and Taxonomy

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