*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 <john2429(a)msu.edu> 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
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