Difference in Response Effort Across Sample Types: Perception or Reality?

Shan Ran, Mengqiao Liu, Lisa A. Marchiondo and Jason L. Huang

Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2015, vol. 8, issue 2, 202-208

Abstract: Landers and Behrend (2015) question organizational researchers’ stubborn reliance on sample source to infer the validity of research findings, and they challenge the arbitrary distinctions researchers often make between sample sources. Unconditional favoritism toward particular sampling strategies (e.g., organizational samples) can restrict choices in methodology, which in turn may limit opportunities to answer certain research questions. Landers and Behrend (2015) contend that no sampling strategy is inherently superior (or inferior), and therefore, all types of samples warrant careful consideration before any validity-related conclusions can be made. Despite sound arguments, the focal article focuses its consideration on external validity and deemphasizes the potential influence of sample source on internal validity. Agreeing with the position that no samples are the “gold standard” in organizational research and practice, we focus on insufficient effort responding (IER; Huang, Curran, Keeney, Poposki, & DeShon, 2012) as a threat to internal validity across sample sources.

Date: 2015
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