How does volunteer work influence political participation

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How Does Volunteer Work Influence Political Participation?

In what ways is experimental design good for determining causal relationships but potentially problematic for generalizability?

Dr. Palley is a political scientist interested in studying how participation in volunteer work impacts political participation. They work at a large state university in the US and have access to many sections of first-year introductory political science courses. They decide to use students from those classes as the participants in the experiment.

Another political scientist, Dr. Warren, replicates this experiment but uses a set of volunteers drawn from public library patrons.

Answer the following questions:

Why might Dr. Palley's strategy for selecting participants be problematic for generalizability?
Why might Dr. Palley's strategy for selecting participants be advantageous for identifying causality?
How might Dr. Warren's strategy for selecting participants be an improvement over Dr. Palley's sample?
How might Dr. Warren's strategy for selecting participants be disadvantageous relative to Dr. Palley's?

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