Public attitudes toward stuttering in Turkey: Probability versus convenience sampling

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

JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS, cilt.36, sa.4, ss.262-267, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.01.003
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.262-267
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Stuttering, Attitudes, Sampling, Probability, Convenience, Turkey
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.