Previously, I
discussed that you should not recruit people you know for interviews, so how do
you recruit people you do not know? There are two common ways that are
typically approved by the IRB.
1) Work through an
organization. You can work through an organization to access their employees/
members/ customers/ or patients. Typically, the IRB does not want you to
personally contact potential interviewees, instead having the organization
forward an email with a description of your study info often works.
Alternatively, posting flyers or having handouts available onsite is an option.
You will need the organization's permission through a letter of agreement
(available on the IRB website).
2) You may be able
to use a snowball recruiting technique in which you give out flyers/ send out a
description by email of your study to people you know. You then ask them to
forward on the info to people that they know. Remember, you should not know
your final interviewees.
Next time I will consider when to summarize, paraphrase, and
quote. Do you have an issue or a
question that you would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to
be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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