This is a self-selected survey and the results do not necessarily reflect the population.  I would certainly not trust any conclusions drawn based on this study.

 

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Answer: All Mechanical Turks?

 

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Dennis Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

On 4/17/2014 10:40 PM, Tanesia Beverly wrote:

You are invited to participate in a study investigating the perceptions a=

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attitudes about standardized test taking ability.

What I have noticed is that more and more folks are posting requests on the internet for "volunteers" to participate in some kind of a research study (usually a survey).  To me this is not a good way to define and obtain a sample ... though it appears to be a fairly easy one. My question is ... let's say the researcher gets n=87 to respond .... WHAT IS THE POPULATION TO WHICH THESE RESULTS (whatever they are) CAN BE GENERALIZED?

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