> Without IRB approval, particularly such a sensitive topic, no reputable
journal will publish your work.
Of course. Which is, again, part of why I seek academic collaboration. And
if I don't have such collaboration, then the results will be published
outside academic circles and people can draw their own conclusions of its
credibility.
Could you say please (off-list if it is off-topic) what references on this
subject you were referring to in your previous e-mail?
From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:57
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Seeking collaboration on child sexual experience research
Marshall,
Without IRB approval, particularly such a sensitive topic, no reputable
journal will publish your work.
Professor Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH
Department of Counseling & School Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston MA 02125-3393
http://gonzalobacigalupe.com
_______________________________________
From: Marshall Burns <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: qual-software <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:41 PM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Seeking collaboration on child sexual experience research
Thank you Elliot and Gonzalo for your comments.
Both at the outset of every interview and in correspondence leading up to
them, I stated the purpose of the research as well as the intention to
publish something based on the interviews, anonymized unless anonymity was
waived. If anyone would like a copy of the purpose of the research as stated
to participants, I'll be happy to send it to you. (I'm presuming it's too
far off-topic to post here.)
Regarding existing research on the subject, I've done an extensive
literature search and find that research mostly, with a few exceptions,
stopped after the censure of the Rind study in 1998. Gonzalo, could you give
me references to the research you're referring to? Elliot, could you tell me
what search terms you gave Google Scholar that brought up relevant
references?
Regarding ability to publish peer-reviewed, that's an important part of why
I seek quality academic collaboration. If it turns out the research as
conducted so far is too flawed, I'm open to starting over again with a good
colleague to do it right. I don't even care if I'm personally involved as
long as the research gets done and published. If I don't find good academic
collaboration, then I'll do the best I can with what I have.
Thank you again.
Marshall Burns, PhD
SOL Research
Los Angeles, USA
www.SOLresearch.org
(805) 451-4507
From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 10:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Seeking collaboration on child sexual experience research
Thanks Elliot. I agree with your comments. If this data was gathered without
having clearly set a goal for the research, not only would not be possible
to publish but it could be ground for legal action by participants. The
statement that this has not been addressed by social scientists is
inaccurate. Indeed, serious research has been done on the subject.
Professor Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH
Department of Counseling & School Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston MA 02125-3393
http://gonzalobacigalupe.com
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From: Elliot Richmond <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: qual-software <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:28 AM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Seeking collaboration on child sexual experience research
Hi,
I am an astronomer educator that used qualitative techniquess in my
dissertation research. Three things occurred to me right away.
1. Since you do not have an institutional affiliation for this research,
that means it was likely not vetted by an institutional review board (IRB)
to make sure it meets that institutions criteria for privacy,
confidentiality, informed consent, and so on. This will make it difficult to
ever get the result published in a peer-reviewed journal,
On 2/24/2014 7:31 AM, Marshall Burns wrote:
Hello Qual-Software e-mail list,
The research is extraordinarily controversial because the
interview subjects are designated victims of child sexual abuse but they
assert that they were not abused. This population has been almost completely
ignored by social scientists for at least the last 15 years. That is the
reason I decided it was necessary for someone from outside the social
sciences to take a look at what is happening with these people.
2. I agree that this is an extraordinarily important and difficult topic.
But I am not convinced that social science researchers have ignored it, as
you say. I don't know. It's not my field. But, I did some simple searchers
in Google Scholar and got lots of hits.
The research started out on a fairly seat-of-the-pants basis
while I struggled with learning what there was to learn. Now I think I have
enough to draw some conclusions. I've transcribed about ten interviews
averaging about four hours each and have manually coded some key findings.
But it is important to separate this as much as possible from my subjective
assessment
3. In my thinking, separating this from your subjective assessment may be
impossible, and possibly not necessary. Many (most?) qual researchers simply
lay out their biases and admit that these may have influenced coding and so
on. Automated techniques may not produce useful results and may not be free
of biases anyway.
4. This is a software list, and there may be other lists where you would get
better informed opinions. But referring to sofware, I used NUD*IST in my
research (now morphed into N-Vivo) but If I had it to do all over again, I
think I would go with HYPER-Research. The best place to find information
about all of the software available and some side-by-side comparisons is
CAQDAS, http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres/caqdas/
Best of luck to you.
--
Blessings and grace be unto you and all your families and friends. And, why
not, the whole world too!
Elliot Richmond, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor Astronomy
Instructor, Physics
Austin Community College
Austin, Texas
