*sigh* As though there weren't enough challenges in doing good research on online communities! I sympathize.
Andrea On 3/21/07, Benjamin Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > Our IRB application here asks if research will be conducted with subjects in > another country, and doesn't provide for an "Internet" option like what's > provided for the research location, so non-U.S. resident was added to the > exclusion criteria. Essentially, the process doesn't sufficiently reflect > the reality of doing research online. > > Additionally, I am my own source of funding and prefer to do phone > interviews, so avoiding international phone call charges is also a practical > limitation on this research. > > Obviously, I note all limitations on subject recruitment in my work. But > for a small purposive sample, I didn't anticipate that this would be such a > controversial move within the Wikipedia community. In hindsight, I can see > how motivations in users might vary across nationality with regard to issues > like the development of article NPOV, though. > > Benjamin > > > Andrea Forte writes: > > > Hey Benjamin, > > > > Wha..? Your IRB won't let you interview English speakers who are non-US > > residents? Would you mind explaining their logic? > > > > Andrea > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
