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Peer reviewedMyers, Vincent – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
It is concluded, on the basis of this study, that respondents who are poor and/or of racial or ethnic minority backgrounds require unconventional rules of survey procedure. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Minority Groups, Research Design, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedShosteck, Herschel – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
Three tentative conclusions emerge from this study: (1) interviewer effect operates only when questions treat opinions and attitudes, (2) black respondents are more likely to identify "racially sensitive" problems as areas of high concern when speaking to black interviewers, and (3) militant blacks appear uninfluenced by the white…
Descriptors: Blacks, Interviews, Minority Groups, Racial Factors
Peer reviewedLevine, Gene N. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
It is possible to devise ingenious means for adapting basic methodological techniques to meet exigencies of the research situation while still meeting the requirements for the collection of valid data. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Data Collection, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedZusman, Marty E.; Olson, Arnold O. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
To investigate the quality of response to the personal interview, a survey was undertaken among Mexican-American migrant parents and children. Results demonstrate that the personal interview does not gather complete response. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Interviews, Mexican Americans, Migrant Workers, Research Design
Peer reviewedTsukashima, Ronald Tadao – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper examines the benefits of merging sociological methods by concentrating on the contribution of field observation prior to the designing of a survey study of black anti-Semitism. (Author)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Blacks, Community Involvement, Data Collection
Peer reviewedHerzog, Elizabeth – Journal of Social Issues, 1970
Social researchers under the influence of social stereotypes sometimes make generalizations which are partly true and partly false, and tend to use deceptive research models which in turn increase the number and influence of stereotypes. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Stereotypes, Economically Disadvantaged, Hypothesis Testing, Models
Peer reviewedWeiss, Carol H. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
Survey research has not tried hard to benefit poor people by allowing community members to help shape the design and interpretation of research, upgrading the job skills and employability of indigenous interviewers, or providing referrals or other services to survey respondents. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedTrimble, Joseph E. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
Major concerns about conducting research in American Indian Communities are reviewed and discussed. Examples of three research projects conducted with Indian communities are summarized, and procedures found to be sensitive to the cultural milieu of the community are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Characteristics, Community Role, Data Collection
Peer reviewedMontero, Darrel – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper suggests ways in which social scientists, while being sensitive to and meeting the needs of the community under study, can contribute to the fund of knowledge regarding racial and cultural minorities. (Author)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Field Studies, Minority Groups, Moral Issues
