Open AccessSimilarities and Differences in Tobacco Control Research Findings From Convenience and Probability Samples
Author(s) -
Michelle Jeong,
Dongyu Zhang,
Jennifer C. Morgan,
Jennifer Cornacchione Ross,
Amira Osman,
Marcella H. Boynton,
Jennifer Mendel,
Noel T. Brewer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1532-4796
pISSN - 0883-6612
DOI - 10.1093/abm/kay059
Subject(s) - observational study , context (archaeology) , tobacco control , comparability , sample (material) , demography , sample size determination , statistical power , medicine , psychology , environmental health , statistics , public health , mathematics , geography , chemistry , nursing , archaeology , chromatography , combinatorics , sociology
Online convenience samples are a quick and low-cost way to study health behavior, but the comparability to findings from probability samples is not yet well understood.