Suppose That You Are Conducting a Research Project for a Social

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of people?

A) It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics studied by social psychologists.
B) It is a very serious problem for most, but not all topics, within social psychology.
C) It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000, and thus, lacks a measure.
D) It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are studying certain topics.