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Recruitment and sampling : qualitative research with older people / edited by Caroline Holland.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Representation of older people in ageing research series ; no. 5.Publisher: London : Centre for Policy on Ageing, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 84 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1901097951
  • 9781901097955
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.723 22
Summary: "Recruitment and sampling are important in social gerontology because they directly affect research findings. There is also an increasing imperative in ageing research to include older people as more than sampled subjects. Researchers in other fields, many of them 'new to ageing', are now sampling the older population and recruiting older people to the qualitative elements of various studies. So who exactly are we sampling? How are we recruiting? The papers in this volume describe five quite different studies of ageing and intergenerational relationships. The methodologies and sample sizes involved range from a micro-level study of relationships between a small group of friends, to a multi-method approach incorporating interviews with people identified from a larger survey. However, we can see the emergence of some common themes. These include: 'vulnerability' and ethics; the role of the gatekeeper; under- and over-researched groups; sensitive topics and the role of language; and older people as research partners. In considering these themes, participative research currently bening undertaken by members of CABS, and some projects from the Growing Older Programme are also discussed."--Book jacket.
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"Recruitment and sampling are important in social gerontology because they directly affect research findings. There is also an increasing imperative in ageing research to include older people as more than sampled subjects. Researchers in other fields, many of them 'new to ageing', are now sampling the older population and recruiting older people to the qualitative elements of various studies. So who exactly are we sampling? How are we recruiting? The papers in this volume describe five quite different studies of ageing and intergenerational relationships. The methodologies and sample sizes involved range from a micro-level study of relationships between a small group of friends, to a multi-method approach incorporating interviews with people identified from a larger survey. However, we can see the emergence of some common themes. These include: 'vulnerability' and ethics; the role of the gatekeeper; under- and over-researched groups; sensitive topics and the role of language; and older people as research partners. In considering these themes, participative research currently bening undertaken by members of CABS, and some projects from the Growing Older Programme are also discussed."--Book jacket.

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