Volunteer bias in sexuality research using college student participants

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Wiederman, Michael W ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033016725     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499909551968     Document Type: Article

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