Consecutive sampling
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In the design of experiments, consecutive sampling, also known as total enumerative sampling,cite-ref-suresh2014-1-0[1] is a sampling technique in which every subject meeting the criteria of inclusion is selected until the required sample size is achieved.cite-ref-schuster2005-2-0[2] Along with convenience sampling and snowball sampling, consecutive sampling is one of the most commonly used kinds of nonprobability sampling.cite-ref-broeck2013-3-0[3] Consecutive sampling is typically better than convenience sampling in controlling sampling bias.cite-ref-polit2010-4-0[4] Care needs to be taken with consecutive sampling, however, in the case that the quantity of interest has temporal or seasonal trends.cite-ref-schuster2005-2-1[2] Bias can also occur in consecutive sampling when consecutive samples have some common similarity, such as consecutive houses on a street.cite-ref-indrayan2016-5-0[5]
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