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 name="Schuster2005">{{cite webbook|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=Consecutive%22consecutive+sampling%22&hl=en&sa=X&eived=PlszVe6qCJGTuASnioHgDw&redir_esc=y0ahUKEwjC-tWaycnWAhWEKWMKHdaiDQ0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=Consecutive%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=false|titleaccessdate=Translational29 and Experimental Clinical Research - Google BooksSeptember 2017|publisherlanguage=Books.google.co.in |date= |accessdate=2015-09-29en}}</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>
Care needs to be taken with consecutive sampling in the case that the quantity of interest has temporal or seasonal trends.<ref name="Schuster2005">{{citebook|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&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-tWaycnWAhWEKWMKHdaiDQ0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=%22consecutive%20sampling%22&f=false|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
