I would be interested to know how you would use the category to
generate a binary variable, as gender is typically used in this fashion
when analyzing data. What comparison test could you use?
[log in to unmask],.Internet writes:
>> Judy,
>> Why is it necessary to your research to know what gender category the
>> respondent identifies with? Are you simply including the information
>because
>> it is part of the "standard" protocol of categories to request when
>looking
>> for patterns in the data? Does your hypothesis deal with gender in any
>way?
>> We perpetuate categories by using them.
>I really have to think about this. Is it possible to find an issue in
>social
>research where gender is not relevant?
>> However, if you need to use it why not try using a continuum -- a line
>with
>> male at one pole and female at the other pole and ask people to put
>an x
>on
>> the line where they feel they belong. You could carry this through on
>other
>> questions, so the idea of a continuum or spectrum becomes part of the
>> research design.
>It might test my capacity for HTML design. And how would you sum it.
>%EFM ?
>(Effective Fulltime Males). That would subsume the female, and vice
>versa,
>causing new gender wars to break out.
>And if it comes to an accurate model, a spectrum isnt enough. What about
>people who want to be outside "the line" altogether. It's soooo
>pre-quantum
>and linear and western.
>J
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