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> In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyles and personality traits of 700 Spanish psychology students from two universities. The subjects ranged in age
by pnathan 11y ago
> In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyles and personality traits of 700 Spanish psychology students from two universities. The subjects ranged in age from 18 to 32 and included slightly more women than men.
This is a big deal - college students are not a representative sample of the general population when it comes to behavior. There are going to be confounding factors galore here; I can only hope the researchers took care to untangle them.
- sogen 11y agothe Single White Educated College Student, the basis of all (flawed) studies
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThis may actually work for their benefit this time; college is the single time besides pre-school when a person is basically free to arrange the time however they feel like. Before college you have to be at 0800 in school, after it you have to be at 0900 at work.
- pnathan 11y agoThat's a relatively reasonable critique on the face of it. On the other hand, work schedules tend to vary dramatically, particularly around social classes.
- DrScump 11y agoAside from the college student population choice issue, is Spain as a whole even a representative model for the USA, or the world at large? The traditional midday siesta break combined with standard late night dinners and nightlife is not paralleled in the rest of the world.