Broadening Convenience Samples to Advance Theoretical Progress and Avoid Bias in Developmental Science

• Published in: Journal of cognition and development Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 261 - 272
• Main Authors: Doebel, Sabine, Frank, Michael C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 14.03.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Economic Status; Resistance (Psychology); Universities

Diverse samples are valuable to the study of development, and to psychology more broadly. But convenience samples-typically recruited from local populations close to universities-are still the most widely used in developmental science, despite the fact that their use leads to a vast over-representat...