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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&pg=PA224&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv4rnYy8nWAhUH-2MKHSxbAXI4ChDoAQgxMAI#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=falsePA224|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 book|last1=Schuster|first1=Daniel P.|last2=Powers (MD.)|first2=William J.|title=Translational and Experimental Clinical Research|date=2005|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=9780781755658|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7pZftbI0ZMC&pg=PA46&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-tWaycnWAhWEKWMKHdaiDQ0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=falsePA46|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bowers2011">{{cite book|last1=Bowers|first1=David|last2=House|first2=Allan|last3=Owens|first3=David H.|title=Getting Started in Health Research|date=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118292969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t729l9LE9NUC&pg=PT46&dq=Consecutive+sampling&hlpg=en&sa=X&ei=PlszVe6qCJGTuASnioHgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Consecutive%20sampling&f=falsePT46|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</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=178-179178–179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=waBEAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA178&dq=%22non-probability22consecutive+sampling%22+consecutive&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU1eboxMnWAhVT9GMKHaYODsMQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22%20consecutive&f=falsePA178|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=311-312311–312|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GtP8VCw4BYC&pg=PA312&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-tWaycnWAhWEKWMKHdaiDQ0Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=falsePA312|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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&pg=PT286&dq=%22consecutive+sampling%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv4rnYy8nWAhUH-2MKHSxbAXI4ChDoAQhDMAU#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=falsePT286|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
