Data Quality and Study Compliance Among College Students Across 2 Recruitment Sources: Two Study Investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Models of satisficing suggest that study participants may not fully process survey items and provide accurate responses when survey burden is higher and when participant motivation is lower. Participants who do not fully process survey instructions can reduce a study's power and hinder generalizability. Common concerns among researchers using self-report measures are data quality and participant compliance. Similarly, attrition can hurt the power and generalizability of a study.

Objective

Given that college students comprise most samples in psychological studies, especially examinations of student issues and psychological health, it is critical to understand how college student recruitment sources impact data quality (operationalized as attention check items with

SUBMITTER: Braitman AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature