A purposive, non-random, sampling technique was adopted and interviews were carried out during 1998-9.
We also had an initial purposive sample of 27 studies, provided by an expert in the field.
This language made clear that only direct, purposive, individual acts of discrimination were to be outlawed, and not so-called "statistical discrimination" (inferred from numerical imbalances).
A purposive sample of 27 staff were interviewed using a partially structured interview format.
These may include material incentives, specific or collective solidary incentives, or purposive incentives.
The sampling method (purposive sampling) and the small sample size (23) inevitably limit the generalisability of the findings.
Finally, purposive measure means using force to defend or establish a specific form of polity.
This reflects the demand that indigenous peoples want to be and are able to be purposive actors.