Convenience samples of college students and research reproducibility

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1035-1041

  Peterson, Robert A ^a   Merunka, Dwight R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Convenience samples; Replication research; Research reproducibility; Student samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894233079     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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