(Dis)advantages of student subjects: what is your research question?
I argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an invaluable benchmark for investigating generalizability across different social groups or cultures.
Gächter
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School of Economics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. simon.gaechter@nottingham.ac.uk
D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design; D013334:Students