On use of student samples for scale construction.
This research note responds to the question of whether a convenience sample of undergraduate students may be successfully utilized in concept development and in scale construction, and in what way the results are comparable to the findings of a representative national sample. The results of a Mokken analysis in both samples support the hypothesis that convenience samples have utility in concept development and in developing measures that can also be used in representative samples.
Massey University.
Regina E
RE
Pernice
Kees
K
van der Veer
Reidar
R
Ommundsen
Knud
K
Larsen
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