[nabs-l] An Invitation to Participate in a Sex Knowledge Survey

Tue Feb 1 14:13:41 UTC 2011

Wow, the age range is very restrictive. Do they think that the limited
age range wwill promote a more valid survey? I have to question that.
They should include younger and older students to get an idea of when
students gain sexual knowledge. A survey of just 18-20 year-olds will
not show when students gain that sexual knowledge....

On 1/31/11, Liz Bottner <liziswhatis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I send the following on behalf of a colleague. See below.
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> Liz
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> We are conducting a study to develop the content of a test to determine the
> level of knowledge that young adults who are blind or severely visually
> disabled possess. Thus, with this e-mail message, you are being invited to
> participate if you are between the ages of 18 and 20 and if you are blind or
> severely visually impaired.  Please read the ramifications for participation
> in the study which are described below. After reading the information, if
> you wish to participate  in the study, please send Gaylen Kapperman an
> e-e-mail indicating that you are willing to participate. Include your name,
> age, whether you are male or female, and the approximate level of visual
> disability that you have. Include  your mailing address and your telephone
> number. If you agree to the stipulations as described below, indicate that
> in your e-mail.  Upon receipt of your e-mail, Professor Kapperman will
> forward your e-mail to one of his research assistants who will make contact
> with you to set up a  date and time when you can be interviewed.  If you are
> male, he will choose a male research assistant and if you are female, he
> will choose a female research assistant. Upon completion of the interview,
> we will send you a ten-dollar bill as a token of our appreciation. Please
> read the description of the research study below.
> And please forward this e-mail to anyone whom you know who meets the
> requirements for participation and whom you think may be interested in being
> included in the study. We are trying to find as many individuals to
> participate as we can by "going viral" with this invitation.  Thus, you can
> help us a lot by forwarding this on to others.
>
> Please read the following paragraphs carefully.
> With this e-mail message, we are requesting that you participate in a
> research study. We want to develop a test over sex knowledge which blind and
> visually impaired young adults can take. This is a rough draft. That is, we
> are not certain whether the 131true/false statements on the test are written
> properly. You can help us develop this test by taking it and giving us your
> answers.  Your answers will be completely anonymous. That is, no one except
> the researchers will know how you answered the statements. No one outside of
> the research team will see your answers.  We will ask you to indicate
> whether you are a  male or female , your age, and your visual acuity. We
> will record all of that information including your name and address, but
> please be assured that once we have analyzed the results, we intend to
> delete  all of the names of the participants so no one in the future will be
> able to tell who participated.
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> The  interviewer will read each statement. Then, you are to  tell the
> interviewer whether you think it is true or false.  We do not want you to
> guess. Thus, if you do not know, we want you to indicate that to the
> interviewer. Also, if  the interviewer  reads words that you do not
> understand, we want you to  tell the interviewer those words.  When you are
> done, we will  send you a ten-dollar bill as a token of our appreciation for
> your willingness to  be interviewed.
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> The purpose of this study is to develop the best test we can in order that
> we can use it in the future with other visually disabled adolescents and
> young adults. The problem is if the test is not very good, then we can't
> trust the results. Thus, you can help us by taking the test as a trial run.
> We will analyze all of the answers given by all of the  participants to help
> us figure out which statements are good and which ones should be thrown out
> or rewritten.
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> We want you to understand that you are not forced to  participate in this
> study. If you choose not to participate, that is okay. Nothing bad will
> happen. If you start the  interview and then decide not to finish it, that
> is okay too. We want you to know that if you finish the interview, then we
> will give you a ten-dollar bill. If you decide not to  be interviewed or not
> to finish the interview, then you will not receive the money.
>
> If you have questions or concerns about this study, you are invited to
> contact Gaylen Kapperman, the director of the study. He can be reached by
> e-mail at gkapperman at niu.edu. Alternatively, you may reach him by telephone
> at 815-753-8453 at Northern  Illinois University.
>
> Please be sure to read the following statement.
> By my responding to this invitation by sending Gaylen Kapperman an e-mail
> indicating my willingness to participate, I attest to the fact that I have
> read the statement above and that I understand the  ramifications of my
> participation in the study.
>
> Thank you very  much.
> Sincerely,
> Gaylen Kapperman
> Professor and Coordinator
> Visual Disabilities Program
> Department of Teaching and Learning
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115
> 815-753-8453
> gkapperman at niu.edu
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