Blog #12
My participants will be 30 undergraduate students from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, taken on a volunteer basis. I as the primary researcher will be soliciting volunteers for this project, and will attempt to do so based on several different demographics which I will identify, such as: male (straight, typical) male (gay/bisexual) male (straight, atypical/gender activist) female (straight/typical) female (bisexual/gay) female (straight, atypical/gender activist). There is no potential danger to my participants, and as such I need to take no precautions in protecting them aside from ensuring confidentiality. My primary question about my data collection method is how to conduct an effective interview, and so I am talking to professors that conduct qualitative research to train myself to be an effective interviewer.
