R: [Air-l] Convenience vs. probability internet user samples

[Luca Meyer]

Hello Raul,

Indeed. I was actually not really referring myself to samples taken on the
web but perhaps RDD from which some research agencies might derive a
representative sample of internet users.

I was just wondering is anyone had started to put together a listing of
sampling types used by online market research agencies.

Kind regards,

Luca


> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Raul Roman [mailto:rroman at u.washington.edu] 
> Inviato: lunedì 15 novembre 2004 19.53
> A: lucameyer at tiscali.it
> Oggetto: Re: [Air-l] Convenience vs. probability internet 
> user samples 
> 
> 
> hi luca
> 
> there is no way you can make generalizations to the general 
> or even online population by taking a convenience sample from 
> the web. By doing that kind of "research" you'll probably 
> find a lot of problems when trying to convince anyone about 
> the validity of your results, as you probably know. are you 
> looking for literature about it?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Raul
> 
> Raul Roman, Ph.D.
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