Dr.Jackson is a personality psychologist who is interested in studying the characteristics of people who report being abducted by UFOs.She finds several people in a support group to research and asks them if they can provide the names and contact information of other people who have also been abducted.Upon contacting these new participants,she asks them to refer her to even more people they may know who have been abducted.This is an example of what kind of sampling?

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This is an example of snowball sampling because participants are recruited through referrals from other participants who have already been included in the study. Snowball sampling is often used when the target population is difficult to access and is most effective when there is a strong network and communication among the members of the target population.

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