Critics charged that sampling only high and low scorers biased the results

Evidence

Other attacks were directed against the choice of high and low scorers rather than middle groups for the interviews, a procedure, so it was argued, that was designed to support the data rather than seek a representative cross section of the sample population. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 744

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Omitted-variable critiques of bias studies have weakened with richer data — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 778; Meeting critics’ methodological demands strengthened rather than weakened the adverse finding — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9593; Small student samples made percentage figures misleadingly representative — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2351 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Omitted-variable critiques of bias studies have weakened with richer data #expands (0.82) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 778
• Meeting critics’ methodological demands strengthened rather than weakened the adverse finding #contradicts (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 9593