ABSTRACT

This paper considers the ethical and practical issues of recruiting for, and administering a quantitative survey with marginalised populations. These issues were identified through a focus group discussion, which consolidated and expanded upon informal conversations held previously by five researchers about their experiences of conducting a face-to-face survey (using predominantly quantitative questions) with people who used amphetamine type substances in North East England, UK. Inductive and deductive thematic analysis of the focus group discussion led to the generation of three key themes: researcher positionality, emotions, and role dilemmas; study design; and ethics in practice. This paper therefore aims to extend literature which explores ethical and practical issues involved in studies with marginalised populations. It makes methodological suggestions for how work across a range of disciplines could make face-to-face survey research, and future studies with marginalised populations, more inclusive for both participants and researchers.

摘要

本文考虑了招募和管理边缘化人群的定量调查的伦理和实际问题。这些问题是通过焦点小组讨论确定的，该讨论巩固并扩展了五位研究人员之前举行的非正式对话，内容涉及他们与东北部使用安非他明类物质的人进行面对面调查（主要使用定量问题）的经验英格兰，英国。对焦点小组讨论的归纳和演绎主题分析产生了三个关键主题：研究者的立场、情绪和角色困境；学习规划; 和实践中的道德。因此，本文旨在扩展探讨边缘人群研究中涉及的伦理和实际问题的文献。