Gentry M, Shulman A D
J Gerontol. 1985 Sep;40(5):641-3. doi: 10.1093/geronj/40.5.641.
This study focused on the use and reporting of sampling procedures found in research on widowhood. The population of all empirical studies on widowhood listed in the Psychological Abstracts and the Sociological Abstracts from 1973 through 1983 was examined with regard to the nature of the sampling procedures used. The results suggest a less-than-desirable state of affairs in such research. Thirty-three percent of the studies did not even contain information on the sampling procedures used. Most investigators who did specify the sampling procedure did not acknowledge awareness of the limitations of generalizations of the results in concordance with the sampling procedures used. Such lack of attention to matters of scientific methodology does not bode well for the advancement of knowledge in this area.
本研究聚焦于丧偶研究中抽样程序的使用与报告。对1973年至1983年《心理学文摘》和《社会学文摘》中列出的所有丧偶实证研究的总体，就所使用抽样程序的性质进行了考察。结果表明此类研究的状况不尽如人意。33%的研究甚至未包含所使用抽样程序的信息。大多数明确说明了抽样程序的研究者，并未承认意识到根据所使用的抽样程序对结果进行概括存在局限性。对科学方法论问题如此缺乏关注，对该领域知识的进步并非好兆头。
