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

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I spent several weeks obsessing over the abstract for my Kalamazoo paper, mainly because I'm an independent scholar and not affiliated with a university (also, my MA is in religion, not textiles or medieval studies). Turned out the first draft, with minor tweaking, was just fine. Don't worry, and if you need someone to beta it, baronessmartha did a fine job for me (*grins*).

And if you need a subject to study, feel free to use my ravings. Even the fanfiction. I have no shame :D

[baronessmartha.livejournal.com]

thank you!!