I concur and it's what most disability arts and culture groups do as well.
Best,
Leslie Roman
At 04:52 PM 6/12/2008, Malacrida, Claudia wrote:
>I think it's possible to broadly ask for participation in a survey
>regarding disability and to then rely on people's ability/willingness to
>self-identify. I realize that this will skew traditional methods regarding
>randomness, but the framework of only including people
>'properly/officially' identified as disabled is limited as well, in terms
>of generalizability and representativeness.
>
>Best,
>
>Claudia Malacrida
>Associate Professor, Sociology
>University of Lethbridge
>4401 University Drive
>Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
>T1K 3M4
>Tel: (403) 329-2738
>Fax: (403) 329-2085
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Irene Rose
>Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:03 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: disability survey sampling design?
>
>In response to Larry - I think that the fact the company
>
>Hello All,
>
>In response to Larry - I think that the fact the company are asking shows
>progress as they obvioulsy recognise that standard sampling methods may
>not capture input from an important part of the audience they seek.
>
>Claudia - I take you point about privileging the visible and physical over
>the invisible and mental but may I ask what alternative methods you would
>suggest to get more appropriate sample by the criteria you have given as
>this is just hte type of advice the researchers are seeking.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Irene.
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: "Malacrida, Claudia" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Thursday, 12 June, 2008 3:23:30 PM
>Subject: Re: disability survey sampling design?
>
>That these people are only speaking with people who are 'legally'
>disabled speaks volumes. This immediately disavows the experiences of
>people with invisible, fluctuating physical disorders (who may not
>'pass' the requirements for DLA - which seems to be based on physical
>capabilities like, "can you walk x feet?" and do not take people's
>experiences into account adequately) or people with mental health
>problems (which can be extremely difficult, but are often not
>accommodated or recognized as legitimate). This is another privileging
>of the visible and physical over the invisible and mental.
>
>Claudia Malacrida
>Associate Professor, Sociology
>University of Lethbridge
>4401 University Drive
>Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
>T1K 3M4
>Tel: (403) 329-2738
>Fax: (403) 329-2085
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Priestley
>Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:46 AM
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>Subject: disability survey sampling design?
>
>Hi
>
>As part of research commissioned by the BBC/Channel 4 (into disabled
>people's representation and access to mass media) a survey of disabled
>people in private households is being conducted in the UK. The
>consultants on the project are very interested to hear about
>sample/survey designs used in other disability surveys in order to
>inform their work.
>
>Any comments on the following proposal would be warmly welcomed.
>Specific details of sampling designs used in other studies would be
>particularly welcome.
>
>________________________________________
>From: James Morris [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 06 June 2008 11:37
>To: Mark Priestley
>Subject: Quant research with DDA disabled sample
>
><SNIP>
>
>"We are looking at a sample size of around 500. The current methodology
>is using face-to-face door-to-door interviews. Interviewers will be
>given a set of addresses drawn randomly and ask to speak to one person
>per household. We'll use the standard DDA question to filter
>participants so our sample is just people who count as 'disabled' under
>the DDA.
>
>What we could really do with your advice on is:
>
>1) Overall - does this feel sensible to you
>
>2) How to select sampling points. The plan is to select a number
>of sample points than use a random walk from those spots. Do you have
>any advice on the number of sample points to select? Or how to select
>them?
>
>3) The impact of filtering at the door - are we likely to fail to
>get more severely disabled people?
>
>4) Setting quotas - I think we will probably want to set quotas in
>terms of age, class, and perhaps severity. This will allow us to weight
>the data to the national profile. Does that make sense? And do you have
>any advice on setting those quotas?"
>
>
><SNIP>
>
>
>Best wishes
>
>Mark
>
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