convenience sampling

English

Noun

convenience sampling (uncountable)

1. A type of non-probability sampling that involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population that is close to hand.
   • 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 5:

     For simplicity, I will concentrate initially on examples from English. This is mostly because that is the language that I speak and write well in: a matter of convenience sampling.