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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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.
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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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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.
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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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