Beyond the "narrow data base": Another convenience sample for experimental research

Political Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-440

  Kam, Cindy D ^a   Wilking, Jennifer R ^a   Zechmeister, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; External validity; Student samples; Subject pools; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348826850     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9037-6     Document Type: Article

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