Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- 8 Experiments, Political Elites, and Political Institutions
- 9 Convenience Samples in Political Science Experiments
- 10 Experiments Using Social Media Data
- 11 How to Form Organizational Partnerships to Run Experiments
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
9 - Convenience Samples in Political Science Experiments
from Part II - Experimental Data
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- 8 Experiments, Political Elites, and Political Institutions
- 9 Convenience Samples in Political Science Experiments
- 10 Experiments Using Social Media Data
- 11 How to Form Organizational Partnerships to Run Experiments
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of convenience sampling in political science experimental research.We first define convenience sampling and track its use in political science research.Next, we focus on the use of three sample types: undergraduate convenience samples, crowdsourced convenience samples, and other types such as social media and non-student convenience sample samples.We review empirical research on the potential issues with each convenience sample type, along with best practices that can be used to address those issues.Overall, we conclude that while there are justified concerns that scholars should be aware of when using convenience samples, much of the empirical research suggests that they provide valid results for experimental treatment effects that reliably replicate across more representative probability samples.
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- Advances in Experimental Political Science , pp. 165 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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