On the Validity of Cross-Cultural Social Studies Using Student Samples
- 20 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Field Methods
- Vol. 20 (4), 399-412
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X08322703
Abstract
Student samples have become a widely used resource in the study of not only particular phenomena and problems within individual environments but also of their study within a cross-cultural context. A number of such studies, most often generalizing their results to the level of cultures, are illustrated in this article. In addition, the authors carry out a number of empirical tests of the generalizability of results attained on student samples in cross-cultural research. Based on the World Values Survey data, mean values of four sociologically and psychologically relevant measures are compared between national and student samples of twenty-three countries. Results suggest that the findings attained on student samples can be viewed cautiously as a good indicator of national sample rankings in cross-national comparisons.Keywords
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