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Of particular interest may be the seven varieties of purposive site selection: bracketing, best cases, worst cases, cluster, representative, typical, and special interest.
Using the hypothetical data in table II.I, identify states for each type of purposive selection that we might consider.
Site selection cannot be convenience because usually generalization wanted, and purposive sample can be typical and representative of diversity and best and worst cases; number of cases depends on program diversity since generalization usually wanted; data rely on common instruments, published documents, and observation; reports are varied in theme, site, chronology, and narration
For readers who want to check out their skills in applying different types of purposive selection, appendix II gives information for a job involving the 50 states (a fairly common situation for GAO), a form for indicating which you would select for each of the seven kinds of purposive selection, and our answers, for comparison against yours.
The match between the question asked and the method of purposive sampling chosen can be tricky.