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Linked Pairs of Bereaved Persons: A Method for Increasing the Sample Size in a Study of Bereavement.
Peer reviewedMurphy, Shirley A.; Stewart, Barbara J. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1986
Describes a sampling strategy which involves linked pairs of persons used to obtain bereaved respondents for a study examining loss and coping responses following a recent natural disaster. The sampling procedure appeared not to produce an obvious bias and was very beneficial in meeting the research objectives. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Bereavement, Coping, Death, Research Problems
