M. McCormack
Innovative sampling and participant recruitment in sexuality research
McCormack, M.
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Abstract
Although making significant contributions to empirical and theoretical understanding of sexuality in society, qualitative research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals encounters problems in participant recruitment and sampling. Participants for research on LGBT individuals are often recruited through counseling services and snowball sampling with the result that samples tend not to be representative of the general population—a significant problem given that it is a common practice for scholars to generalize from multiple sets of qualitative research. In this essay, I draw on a research project that used innovative recruitment procedures to argue for a plurality of recruitment procedures in future research on sexualities and personal relationships.
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McCormack, M. (2014). Innovative sampling and participant recruitment in sexuality research. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(4), 475 -481. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407514522889
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Feb 12, 2014 |
Publication Date | Jun 12, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Apr 11, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 14, 2014 |
Journal | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships |
Print ISSN | 0265-4075 |
Electronic ISSN | 1460-3608 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 475 -481 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407514522889 |
Keywords | Bisexuality, LGBT populations, Marginalized groups, Qualitative research, Sampling. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1434620 |
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