Why do I run on so?????

[sarahmichelef]

So I'm in the process of writing up my statement for my department's human subjects committee... I wrote a draft of it yesterday and, despite Bob's telling me to be brief and they would ask me for more info if they needed it, I rambled on and on and on about how big my snowball sample could get, etc. Which, while useful for my actual dissertation prospectus, really has no bearing on whether or not my research design is ethically sound. Maybe it's because I had to fight to be allowed to do my chat paper, but this project could not be more run-of-the-mill in terms of the methods...

So, I give you what I really want to say:

Dear Committee,
I want to study 'bloggers. I promise to treat them nice. Please let me do my dissertation.
Love,
alphasarah

Blargh.

Comments

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

see, since this isn't funded research, I only have to go through the departmental committee, which is lovely because I have good relationships with all three members. And hello. I want to do a survey and then some observations and interviews. It's not like I'm going to be putting on a lab coat and saying "Push the button."

I'm also explicitly not dealing with minors, because then you have to have parental permission, and that's just a pain in the ass.

[irihs.livejournal.com]

"
I'm also explicitly not dealing with minors, because then you have to have parental permission, and that's just a pain in the ass."


yup yup yup yup

uh huh

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