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In the [[design of experiments]], '''consecutive sampling''', also known as '''total enumerative sampling''',<ref name="Suresh2014">{{cite book|last1=Suresh|first1=Sharma|title=Nursing Research and Statistics|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=9788131237861|page=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RyMBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&pg=PA224|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> is a sampling technique in which every subject meeting the criteria of inclusion is selected until the required sample size is achieved.<ref name="Schuster2005">{{cite
Care needs to be taken with consecutive sampling, however, in the case that the quantity of interest has temporal or seasonal trends.<ref name="Schuster2005" /> Bias can also occur in consecutive sampling when consecutive samples have some common similarity, such as consecutive houses on a street.<ref name="Indrayan2016">{{cite book|last1=Indrayan|first1=Abhaya|last2=Holt|first2=Martin P.|title=Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals|date=2016|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781315355573|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-GVDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&pg=PT286|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
▲In the [[design of experiments]], '''consecutive sampling''' is a sampling technique in which every subject meeting the criteria of inclusion is selected until the required sample size is achieved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7pZftbI0ZMC&pg=PA46&dq=Consecutive+sampling&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PlszVe6qCJGTuASnioHgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Consecutive%20sampling&f=false |title=Translational and Experimental Clinical Research - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.in |date= |accessdate=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t729l9LE9NUC&pg=PT46&dq=Consecutive+sampling&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PlszVe6qCJGTuASnioHgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Consecutive%20sampling&f=false |title=Getting Started in Health Research - David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.in |date= |accessdate=2015-09-29}}</ref> Along with [[convenience sampling]] and [[snowball sampling]], consecutive sampling is one of the most commonly used kinds of [[nonprobability sampling]].<ref name="Broeck2013">{{cite book|last1=Broeck|first1=Jan Van den|last2=Brestoff|first2=Jonathan R.|title=Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines|date=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400759893|pages=178-179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=waBEAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA178&dq=%22non-probability+sampling%22+consecutive&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU1eboxMnWAhVT9GMKHaYODsMQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22%20consecutive&f=false|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> Consecutive sampling is typically better than convenience sampling in controlling sampling bias.<ref name="Polit2010">{{cite book|last1=Polit|first1=Denise F.|last2=Beck|first2=Cheryl Tatano|title=Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice|date=2010|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=9781609130046|pages=311-312|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GtP8VCw4BYC&pg=PA312&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-tWaycnWAhWEKWMKHdaiDQ0Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=false|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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