Sample Bias Resulting From a Requirement for Written Parental Consent

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Journal Article Sample Bias Resulting from a Requirement for Written Parental Consent Get access KATHLEEN A. KEARNEY, KATHLEEN A. KEARNEY Kathleen A. Kearney was a doctoral candidate at Washington State University when this work was completed; she is now self-employed in Dublin, Ireland. Ronald H. Hopkins is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Washington State University. Armand L. Mauss is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Ralph A. Weisheit was a postdoctoral research associate in the Social Research Center at Washington State University when this work was completed; he is now Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University at Normal. This research was supported in part by Grant No. 5 H84 AA03734 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The authors thank Don A. Dillman and J. Scott Long for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ronald H. Hopkins, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RONALD H. HOPKINS, RONALD H. HOPKINS Kathleen A. Kearney was a doctoral candidate at Washington State University when this work was completed; she is now self-employed in Dublin, Ireland. Ronald H. Hopkins is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Washington State University. Armand L. Mauss is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Ralph A. Weisheit was a postdoctoral research associate in the Social Research Center at Washington State University when this work was completed; he is now Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University at Normal. This research was supported in part by Grant No. 5 H84 AA03734 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The authors thank Don A. Dillman and J. Scott Long for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ronald H. Hopkins, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ARMAND L. MAUSS, ARMAND L. MAUSS Kathleen A. Kearney was a doctoral candidate at Washington State University when this work was completed; she is now self-employed in Dublin, Ireland. Ronald H. Hopkins is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Washington State University. Armand L. Mauss is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Ralph A. Weisheit was a postdoctoral research associate in the Social Research Center at Washington State University when this work was completed; he is now Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University at Normal. This research was supported in part by Grant No. 5 H84 AA03734 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The authors thank Don A. Dillman and J. Scott Long for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ronald H. Hopkins, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RALPH A. WEISHEIT RALPH A. WEISHEIT Kathleen A. Kearney was a doctoral candidate at Washington State University when this work was completed; she is now self-employed in Dublin, Ireland. Ronald H. Hopkins is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Washington State University. Armand L. Mauss is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Ralph A. Weisheit was a postdoctoral research associate in the Social Research Center at Washington State University when this work was completed; he is now Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University at Normal. This research was supported in part by Grant No. 5 H84 AA03734 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The authors thank Don A. Dillman and J. Scott Long for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ronald H. Hopkins, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 47, Issue 1, SPRING 1983, Pages 96–102, https://doi.org/10.1086/268769 Published: 01 January 1983