Problem
After reading waters (2015) and Wright etal. 1992 briefly discuss what the main hurdles waters experienced and how Wrights methods might have resolved them. Do you think that Snowball sampling reflects the characteristics and biases of the researcher?
Wright et al. (1992). A Snowball's chance in hell: Doing field research with residential burglars. Inside Cromwell, P. (Ed.) 2006. In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime. Text available online Waters, J. (2015). Snowball sampling: a cautionary tale involving a study of older drug users.International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18(4), 367-380.
Sommers, et al. (1994). Getting out of the life: Crime desistance by female street offenders. Deviant Behavior. Vol. 15(2), 125-149.
After reading Sommers and Spickards chapter discuss how you would decide how many people you need for a qualitative interview project and why?
How do you know when you have enough?