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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You might find the following helpful re web-based
research:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hine, C. (2000) <EM>Virtual Ethnography</EM>,
London: Sage.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Burgess, E. et al (2001) "Surfing for Sex: Studying
Involuntary Celibacy Using the Internet", <EM>Sexuality and Culture</EM>, 5,
5-29.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donnelly, D. et al (2001) "Involuntary Celibacy: A
Life Course Analysis", <EM>The Journal of Sex Research</EM>, 38 (2),
159-169.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Hayes,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>School of Social Work, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Queen's University,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Belfast.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Ron Kokish" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:ron@delko.net";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ron@delko.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Child Maltreatment Researchers" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cc: "L C. Miccio-Fonseca" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:lcmf@cox.net";><FONT face=Arial size=2>lcmf@cox.net</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:35 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: web-based research</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> It has occurred to a colleague and myself that an organizational web
site<BR>> (in this case </FONT><A href="http://www.CCOSO.ORG";><FONT
face=Arial size=2>WWW.CCOSO.ORG</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>) might serve
as a good place to collect survey<BR>> data consistent with the site's
subject area - in this case, sex offenders.<BR>> We could look at public
attitudes about sex offenders, Magen's laws,<BR>> Registration, etc. We
could give people a little quiz and see how much<BR>> factual information
they have on which to base their attitudes about these<BR>> subjects.
Although the sampling will not necessarily be representative of a<BR>>
particular group, we might be able to get large numbers of respondents.<BR>>
<BR>> The technology for doing such research is easily available but we
also<BR>> foresee potential problems. First, how does one encourage
site visitors to<BR>> complete a survey. Perhaps more importantly,
people wanting to undermine<BR>> the research could easily submit multiple
and fraudulent surveys.<BR>> <BR>> We will very much appreciate responses
from researchers who have perhaps<BR>> tried this kind of thing or who have
looked into it and can shed light on<BR>> these and other potential problems
and advantages of this kind of research.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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Ron Kokish, ACSW, LMFT at Delson-Kokish Associates, P.O. Box 476,
Trinidad,<BR>> CA 95570<BR>>
Clinical and Forensic Evaluations, Consultation & Training<BR>>
(707) 677-3181 voice 677-0187
fax<BR>>
</FONT><A href="mailto:ron@delko.net";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ron@delko.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>
email </FONT><A
href="http://www.delko.net";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.delko.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>>
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From: "Ron Kokish" <ron@delko.net>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
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Subject: RE: web-based research
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:25:54 -0700
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Thank you for your reply and for offering further advice. We would like to
take advantage of your kind offer. I realize you suggested I contact you
back-channel, but your message came via the CMR list and did not include
your email. Hence, this on-list reply.
We were thinking of starting with a 10 item demographic questionnaire and a
10 item quiz to explore the public's level of knowledge about child
molesters. (true, false, don't know) The incentive to complete would be
finding out one's score at the end of the procedure, which would probably
take them 3 - 5 minutes to complete. How does that sound to you?
Collecting IP addresses might avoid massive duplication. Most are
dynamically assigned, but don't change during sessions, so people would have
to dial in repeatedly to foil us. Only a highly motivated saboteur would
bother. People with always-on connections couldn't even do that, though I'm
sure a few highly skilled hackers could. Altogther, collecting IP addresses
could go a long way towards discouraging multiple responding. But what
about confidentiality? We intended to promise people complete anonymity
while offering them the option of accepting a cookie to keep their
demographic data in the event they return for future questionnaires. Might
collecting IP address without permission violate research ethics?
Thank you again for your assistance.
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Ron Kokish, ACSW, LMFT at Delson-Kokish Associates, P.O. Box 476, Trinidad,
CA 95570
Clinical and Forensic Evaluations, Consultation & Training
(707) 677-3181 voice 677-0187 fax
ron@delko.net email www.delko.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu]On Behalf Of
Susan Wilde
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:53 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: web-based research
Hello
I've conducted website research and am finishing the development of a
tailor-izeable tool for students and other researchers to use.
These are excellent questions.
Encouraging someone to complete a survey online is much the same as
doing so in person with pencil and paper instruments.... some
researchers use small incentives, which would be harder to deliver
via web. Having done a great deal of web-based information
gathering, I can only say that by "human factoring" the pages to
reasonable lengths and by informing the participant at the beginning
and throughout, how many pages there are and how close to the
completion they are, is about all you can do.
As for preventing people from making multiple records, the web server
can gather data such as the incoming IP address and record that with
the record so as to detect possible multiple submissions from the
same computer.
Feel free to contact me off-listserve for more help or technical
information.
Susan Wilde, Psy.D.
>It has occurred to a colleague and myself that an organizational web site
>(in this case WWW.CCOSO.ORG) might serve as a good place to collect survey
>data consistent with the site's subject area - in this case, sex offenders.
>We could look at public attitudes about sex offenders, Magen's laws,
>Registration, etc. We could give people a little quiz and see how much
>factual information they have on which to base their attitudes about these
>subjects. Although the sampling will not necessarily be representative of
a
>particular group, we might be able to get large numbers of respondents.
>
>The technology for doing such research is easily available but we also
>foresee potential problems. First, how does one encourage site visitors to
>complete a survey. Perhaps more importantly, people wanting to undermine
>the research could easily submit multiple and fraudulent surveys.
>
>We will very much appreciate responses from researchers who have perhaps
>tried this kind of thing or who have looked into it and can shed light on
>these and other potential problems and advantages of this kind of research.
>
>
>***************************************************************************
> Ron Kokish, ACSW, LMFT at Delson-Kokish Associates, P.O. Box 476,
Trinidad,
>CA 95570
> Clinical and Forensic Evaluations, Consultation &
Training
> (707) 677-3181 voice 677-0187 fax
> ron@delko.net email www.delko.net
>***************************************************************************