Sample Bias Resulting from a Requirement for Written Parental Consent

• Published in: Public opinion quarterly Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 96 - 102
• Main Authors: KEARNEY, KATHLEEN A., HOPKINS, RONALD H., MAUSS, ARMAND L., WEISHEIT, RALPH A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton, N.J Oxford University Press 01.01.1983; Elseiver North-Holland, Inc; Public Opinion Quarterly, Inc
• Subjects: ASIAN AMERICAN; BIAS (METHODOLOGICAL OR INSTITUTIONAL); Bias/Biases/Biased; Child/Children/Childhood; Children; Consent; Ethnic groups; Grade levels; Informed consent; PARENT; Parent/Parents/Parental; Parental consent; Parents; Reading tests; Research biases; SAMPLE SURVEY; Sample/Samples/Sampling; Sampling bias; Test scores

The parents of an eligible sample of 1618 students in grades four through twelve were contacted to obtain written permission for their children to complete questionnaires related to alcohol and drugs. The distributions of students across the parental response categories (consent-denied, no-reply, or...