The study collected data on the advice and collaboration sociocentric networks of professional development providers in mathematics and science. Sociocentric networks, in contrast to egocentric networks, focus on the social structure of a particular social setting, rather than the social structure of individuals’ social lives (CITE). For this …show more content…
Therefore, we used a snowball sampling design, which is appropriate when investigating sociocentric networks without clear social boundaries (CITE). The snowball process begins with “seeds”, the initial sample from which the larger sample is built. The seeds are used to generate new participants for the sample. The new participants then generate further participants for the sample. This continues until the sample is saturated—that is, there are no new participants to included. The details for the sample in this study