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Buckley, R. (2022). Ten Steps for Specifying Saturation in Qualitative Research. Social Science & Medicine, 309,1-4.

In qualitative inquiry, there is no set sample size. You will recruit until you have reached saturation of the theme. This resource will help you understand how to achieve and demonstrate saturation in qualitative inquiry.

Hennink, M., & Kaiser, B. N. (2022). Sample Sizes for Saturation in Qualitative Research: A systematic review of empirical tests. Social Science & Medicine, 292.1-10.

This resource will help provide additional information on understanding the nuances of sample size and saturation in qualitative research.

Bekele, W. B., & Ago, F. Y. (2022). Sample Size for Interview in Qualitative Research in Social Sciences: A guide to novice researchers. Research in Educational Policy and Management, 4(1).

This resource will be especially helpful to you as a burgeoning qualitative researcher, as it gives context on how to determine sample sue and saturation It is written with the novice researcher in mind.

Young, D. S., & Casey, E. A. (2019). Examination of the Sufficiency of Small Qualitative Samples. Social Work Research, 43(1), 53–58.

Sample size can be difficult to determine in qualitative research. This article gives examples of sample sizes in different qualitative studies and provides guidance in determining an appropriate sample size.

Given, L. M. (Ed.) (2008). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. (Vols. 1-0). SAGE Publications, Inc.

Read the Sample, Sample Size, Sample, Sampling Frame. This resource will help you understand sampling, sample size considerations, and sample frames that are specific to qualitative inquiry.

Crittenden-Ward, K., Micaletto, M., Olt, J., Tackett, Z. C., Machizawa, S., Owuor, N., Feaster, T., Berman, R., Verma, P., Blubaugh, N., Laird, R., & Kramer, S. (2022). An Exploration of Research Participation by Persons of Minority and Underrepresented Groups: Barriers to Diversification in Recruitment, minority Investigator Participation, and Solutions. Psychiatry Research, 308.

The authors of this article discuss DEI issues in the sampling and recruitment of research participants.