ABSTRACT
The previous chapters addressed preparing for research. This chapter deals with arguably the most important feature of any social science, health or development study: the people who will participate in it (although it is acknowledged research does not always have to include people). If you studied a social science, health or development topic in college you may be used to using fellow students in your research. Indeed, this may also apply if you are used to doing research using samples drawn from the undergraduates you teach. You may not have experienced recruiting non-student samples to research, and may be unfamiliar with wider issues around participant recruitment (Henrich, Heine & Norenzay, 2010; Boynton, Catt & Wood, 2001). This chapter will get you thinking about participants in a planned/actual study, including:
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
