371 - Section on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Paper Session. Mixed Methods Approaches to Studying Marginalized Groups

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

In an era of extreme poverty, underfunded social services, and a culture that tends to blame people for their own suffering, it is more urgent than ever for social scientists to develop ways to ethically and effectively engage marginalized people in research. This session will focus on innovative, mixed methods approaches to reaching, involving, and retaining study participants who are likely to slip through the cracks of more traditional research. Session speakers will address such questions as: In addition to “mixing” qualitative and quantitative methods, how can researchers integrate therapeutic, public health, visual art, technological, and other approaches to enrich both the experience of participating in research and the depth of analysis? How can methodological innovations be used to expand our thinking about the researcher-participant relationship? What ethical issues beyond “the protection of human subjects” arise when conducting research with marginalized groups, and what possibilities do mixed methods bring to addressing those?

Sub Unit

• Section on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility / Mixed Methods Approaches to Studying Marginalized Groups

Session Organizer

• Megan Lee Comfort, RTI International

Presider

• Megan Lee Comfort, RTI International

Individual Presentations

• How to Make Big Data Better: Digital Inequality and Inclusive Methodological Interventions - Jen Schradie, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

• Assessing the Effectiveness of Mixed Methods Designs for Researching Sex Industry Clients - Chris Atchison, University of Victoria; Patrick John Burnett, University of British Columbia

• Study Retention as Bias Reduction in a Hard-to-reach Population - Bruce Western, Harvard University