Public attitudes toward stuttering in Turkey: Probability versus convenience sampling

ÖZDEMİR R. S., St Louis K. O., Topbas S.

JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS, vol.36, no.4, pp.262-267, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.01.003
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.262-267
  • Keywords: Stuttering, Attitudes, Sampling, Probability, Convenience, Turkey
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: A Turkish translation of the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S) was used to compare probability versus convenience sampling to measure public attitudes toward stuttering. Method: A convenience sample of adults in Eskisehir. Turkey was compared with two replicates of a school-based, probability cluster sampling scheme. Results: The two replicates of the probability sampling scheme yielded similar demographic samples, both of which were different from the convenience sample. Components of sub-scores on the POSHA-S were significantly different in more than half of the comparisons between convenience and probability samples, indicating important differences in public attitudes. Conclusions. If POSHA-S users intend to generalize to specific geographic areas, results of this study indicate that probability sampling is a better research strategy than convenience sampling.