Dissertation help

Did not receive ethical clearance until January 28th.
I promise this is not due to laziness i have been trying.
 
Uni SJ said:
Did not receive ethical clearance until January 28th.
I promise this is not due to laziness i have been trying.
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Wow! You better hop on a plane to Gallaudet and line 'em up!
 
Reba said:
Wow! You better hop on a plane to Gallaudet and line 'em up!
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There are at least 6000 Deaf people in Scotland. That is not including old age hearing loss.

Scotland is tiny. She should be able to just stand on a street corner in Glasgow and find 156 people.
 
Bottesini said:
There are at least 6000 Deaf people in Scotland. That is not including old age hearing loss.

Scotland is tiny. She should be able to just stand on a street corner in Glasgow and find 156 people.
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Umm, maybe.

A woman standing on a street corner may attract the wrong 156 people. :giggle:
 
Uni SJ said:
I do understand how all these possible factors may influence the life experiences and therefore the opinions of all deaf people, my dissertation certainly does not lump all deaf people into one pidgeon hole so to speak, the reason that the criteria for my participants is so wide (only criteria being that they be deaf) is to get the widest possible sample group, so that I am able to get as many deaf people with as many opinions and experiences as possible. If participants were vetted too much I'd end up with a much less representative sample of the deaf community than if I were to put lots of conditions on my possible participants.
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Ironically, you are doing just that. By your logic, since we are all medically deaf, we must all be similar. If that is your only constraint, you are perpetuating a very old lie about what deafness is.

If you were more forthcoming with what you intend to argue using this data or what the specific focus of your research is, it might be easier to understand your reason for choosing such a broad sample. But all you've said is that you are studying "the communication between the hearing and Deaf communities." As if this is a clearly defined topic. Perhaps one reason you haven't been able to find many participants in real life is because people are wise to your lack of disclosure.

You think I'm just being some asshole, but I have good reason to be wary. Because here is the REAL constant that all deaf people share regardless of what country we inhabit: we all must live in societies where the majority of the population does not understand us but still attempts to define who we are and what is best of us. You seem to be proving that point, yet again.
 
don't you need some empirical data for a dissertation? A dissertation is basically a meta-analysis of the available research on your topic and the purpose is for you to critically analyze and synthesize the info available.
 
jillio said:
don't you need some empirical data for a dissertation? A dissertation is basically a meta-analysis of the available research on your topic and the purpose is for you to critically analyze and synthesize the info available.
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I agree! That is indeed true.

Geez! Every one needs to cut this person a break. Regardless.

At least effort is being shown that people are willing to learn about. Deaf Culture.


Seems some are not understanding that fact.

Sadly, we as deaf people are having to interrogate a person that is willing to learn.... Regardless.

Yet, we gripe how the hearing do not understand. And want answers.

It gets tiresome when people come online to seek the answers.

But if we really want to share about deafness and the Deaf culture.

What better way to do it?

Spread the word!!
 
Reba said:
I see one major problem with using internet sources for surveying a deaf population.

Not all deaf people read and post messages at on-line forums. There is a large "under-the-radar" population of deaf people in America and the world. They are functionally illiterate, and they won't be participating in this survey.
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Hence, vblogs and sites geared toward exchanges of videos. Even then, not every deafie can afford a computer-- there is still a large population without a computer or Internet.

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Location does make a difference. There is no such thing as a worldwide deaf community. Each deaf community is influenced by the culture of its location. Deaf people in the USA have different experiences from deaf people in other countries. Available education, social services, laws, technology, etc., are all very different influences. All those factors do influence communication between the deaf and hearing. Just the fact that Americans say, "deaf," and some other countries still use the phrases "deaf and dumb" or "deaf-mute" puts a different face on initiating communication between the deaf and hearing groups.
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Yep... a UK blogger made it clear life in the States and UK are not the same at all. Even by reading through the Aussies' posts here, it is also clear they're not the same as the Americans. Hell, even though us Canadians are similar to American Deaf, we still have enough differences to skewed the data.
 
souggy said:
Hence, vblogs and sites geared toward exchanges of videos. Even then, not every deafie can afford a computer-- there is still a large population without a computer or Internet....
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True.
 
Yep... a UK blogger made it clear life in the States and UK are not the same at all. Even by reading through the Aussies' posts here, it is also clear they're not the same as the Americans. Hell, even though us Canadians are similar to American Deaf, we still have enough differences to skewed the data.
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just out of curiousity, how are they different?
 
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