SSH 301 Lecture Notes - Participatory Rural Appraisal, Participatory Action Research, Social Desirability Bias
27 Jan 2014
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Methods: discussion of sample, sampling frame (description of population from which one will derive their sample, list their criteria ie) interested in queer youth toronto sample: must identify as queer, must attend a school and must be between 18-25) Sample frame: the medium you will be researching. Matching: closed questions are pre-coded, stem and response, acquiescence are detected with the use of multi-item questions. Leading questions have an embedded bias: social desriability bias is a form of reactivity, telephone interviews are cheaper to administer. Intra-interviewer variabilty is part of social desirability bias. It is collaborative in nature and really distinct from other research methods because research does not develop research question; it is developed by the community that is being researched. It is really interested in action and ends with some form of activism or policy change. Par research: end game is concrete localized and specific results ie) building a school, changing the way that daycare is provided.
