Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kinsey Reports, Snowball Sampling, Human Sexuality

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Procedures for collection of data in sexual science. Is it accurate: areas where answer is yes, and no. Informed consent: voluntary participation, anonymity, confidentiality, debriefing participants, research on research ethics. How we collect data: descriptive research, observational research, ex. Look at his research methods: correlational research, experimental research, create a cause and determine whether an effect occurs. Sexual behaviour in the human male and female: descriptive, self-report interview. Sampling: random or representative sampling was to be impossible, too lengthy and sensitive, kinsey invented alternative. Female volume (1953: theatre troupe, womens air corps, nurses residence, university classes, detention homes, salvation army, ywca. Snowball sampling methodology: used tog et to hard to reach groups. Imprisoned gangster, house prostitutes, street prostitutes, pimps: method of interviewing, put subject at ease, assure privacy, confidentiality. Inter-partner concordance: ask partner a separately from partner b, there is a high accordance on certain questions, stability of responses across time, kinsey would ask people same questions 3 years later.