Snowball sampling is a popular method of researching hidden populations, but its limitations make it the wrong choice for counting or describing the global population of trafficked humans.

What are the possibilities of snowball sampling, if one desires valid statistical inference without making probabilistic assumptions on the network structure? In a critical review of the possibilities ...

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