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.
Pernice
Regina E
RE
Massey University.
van der Veer
Kees
K
Ommundsen
Reidar
R
Larsen
Knud
K
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