Hi Jacqui,
I have recruited lots of respondents from Facebook (you can create a group that your friends can join - this then shows up on their friends' feeds and you can get a good sized snowball sample that way). However my research is actually on internet friendship, so it was apposite to use that platform.
However I did have some undergraduate project students who used this method this year, and they recruited a nice size sample (and their research wasn't specifically related to SNS).
I only used Facebook to recruit - the data were collected using thesistools.com.
Sue
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research of postgraduate psychologists. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui A Hart
> Sent: 12 May 2010 13:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Online surveys
>
> Dear All
>
> I am looking for advice on how to disseminate as widely as possible an online survey examining negative childhood
> experiences, antisocial behaviour and emotion related variables. Ethical approval has been given by the relevant Institutes
> at the University of Bedfordshire. I will also be sending the survey to the Online Psych. Research website. Does anybody
> know of any other appropriate sites?
>
> I had thought about possibly using Facebook, but as this is a relatively new phenomenon I have not been able to find any
> relevant research. Has anybody ever obtained data using this method? and if so, how was it done? Were there any ethical
> issues?
>
> Sorry, rather a lot of questions here I know, but I am hopeful that some of you may be able to help. Any
> suggestions/advice will be gratefully received.
>
> Regards
> Jacqui
|