Thus, selecting cases needs to be done on the basis of theoretically informed criteria rather than those to do with representativeness.

Its Writers in Prison program selects urgent regional cases that feature public advocacy campaigns.

The justices will meet weekly to continue the process of selecting cases from among many competing for their attention.

A researcher might select several cases of conflict around the world that are identical except for the one variable under study-scarcity of farmland, let's say.

In social scientific terms, Siegel selects cases that don't offer the opportunity to "test the null hypothesis."

He selected cases and wrote a general description of what the law should be in a given set of circumstances.

He selects cases in consultation with his wife, Anna E. Charlton, the clinic's staff attorney and co-director.

"We've got to select a case or several cases wisely and prosecute them wisely."

In other words selecting cases via referrals to psychogeriatric departments did not guarantee clients who needed and were acceptable for enhanced home support.

For the sake of clear illustration we selected cases where it was necessary to proceed along very individual lines.