| Notes on a cautionary (tall) tale about respondent-driven sampling: a critique of Scott's ethnography. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18424109 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Serious methodological and ethical flaws are detailed in an ethnographic study of a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) project for drug users in Chicago. The study is also disconnected from the larger social context within which the project operated, and from the existing literature on human-subject problems the author claims he "discovered" about RDS - problems common to traditional outreach projects that researchers have known about and managed successfully for years. Due to an admitted bias in the author's sampling, and an eagerness to accept respondents' claims uncritically, the author's results are not generalizeable to RDS projects operating in other cities, in Chicago itself, or even to the specific project studied. |
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Authors:
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Robert S Broadhead |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The International journal on drug policy Volume: 19 ISSN: 1873-4758 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Drug Policy Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-05-26 Completed Date: 2008-07-22 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9014759 Medline TA: Int J Drug Policy Country: Netherlands |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 235-7; discussion 246-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. robert.broadhead@uconn.edu |
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Anthropology, Cultural Bias (Epidemiology)* Chicago Data Collection / ethics, methods* Humans Sampling Studies Social Environment* Substance Abuse, Intravenous / ethnology |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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K02 DA017615-01A1/DA/NIDA NIH HHS |
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Comment On:
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Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Feb;19(1):42-51
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18226516
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