scholarly journals Encountering Resistance: Qualitative Insights from the Quantitative Sampling of Ex-Combatants in Timor-Leste

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (02) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Roll
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Relationship Patterns ◽  
Cluster Sample ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Quantitative Sampling ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Sampling Process ◽  
Timor Leste

ABSTRACTThis article highlights the contribution of randomized, quantitative sampling techniques to answeringqualitativequestions posed by the study. In short it asks: what qualitative insights do we derive from quantitative sampling processes? Rather than simply being a means to an end, I argue the sampling process itself generated data. More specifically, seeking out more than 220 geographically dispersed individuals, selected though a randomized cluster sample, resulted in the identification of relationship patterns, highlighted extant resistance-era hierarchies and patronage networks, as well as necessitated deeper, critical engagement with the sampling framework. While this discussion is focused on the study of former resistance members in Timor-Leste, these methodological insights are broadly relevant to researchers using mixed methods to study former combatants or other networked social movements.

Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey

The Lancet ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 364 (9448) ◽  
pp. 1857-1864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Les Roberts ◽  
Riyadh Lafta ◽  
Richard Garfield ◽  
Jamal Khudhairi ◽  
Gilbert Burnham
Keyword(s):  
Sample Survey ◽  
Cluster Sample ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Invasion Of Iraq
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