Hi -I am not a seasoned researcher but from my small
experience am pretty clear that research builds in all
kinds of bias-especially toward those groups who are
aready minorotised.The idea that a registry would be
unrepresentative where other groups are is nonsense
and perpetuates the universalising ethos that simply
glides over the missing voices that it does not
represent. Sue--- sara chambers <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> As before I can see your point and obviously there
> are limitations with it that need to be addressed
> but the idea is at its earliest stage in recognition
> of the frustration in finding participants. It is
> the wording of the idea being "Participants
> registry" that screams unrepresentative group
> however, as I mentioned before there isnt a study
> out there that can be seen as completely unbiased,
> what about the usage of students? surely they are an
> unrepresentative group, more so than a participant
> registry as they tend to have many more things in
> common as a group. Perhaps if participants were
> asked at the onset of a study if they would mind
> their name being supplied to a third party for
> further research purposes, (with all ethical issues
> considered)it could work? Many researchers do use
> previous participants again, isn't this
> unrepresentative? I think this idea's unconventional
> and people are concerned about the idea of using a
> group per se but when the issues are dealt with, i!
> s i
> t really that different to using say, students or
> previous participants?
> sara
> --
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:46:14
> Diana Rofail wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >My views are definitely in agreement with Bruce.
> >
> >I certainly see the convenience of a participants
> registry BUT I think that
> >there would be far too much bias with such data.
> >
> >Use of a participant registry might be helpful in
> the very early stages of
> >designing a project i.e. to liase with people about
> meanings of questions
> >for designing an instrument to be used in a pilot
> study. At these very early
> >stages, most people do not want to discuss
> representativeness and
> >generalisation. However, I would aim to target
> people who would use the
> >instrument. In addition, I would rather target
> people who are unfamiliar
> >with research design and implementation so as to
> avoid bias. Furthermore,
> >the sheer fact that some people may join a
> participant registry instantly
> >suggests that such people are in some way different
> from those who do not
> >belong or wish to join the registry.
> >
> >Therefore, use of a participant registry raises too
> many controversial
> >issues. Perhaps, a good idea in the initial stages
> of designing a project.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >Diana Rofail, MSc
> >Researcher
> >Health Services Research Department
> >Institute of Psychiatry
> >London
> >
>
>
>
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