[acb-hsp] Research Study

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Andy and all,
That's a good question. The main reason we ask is to ensure that our
sample is representative of the blind community and has roughly equal
numbers of participants who are NFB members, ACB members and
unaffiliated. I check the data throughout and will ramp up recruitment
of one group  if it has relatively low  participation. We are also
interested in seeing if any of the patterns we find are different for
those who don't join either organization than it is for those who are
active in one or the other.
Thanks for taking the survey.
Best,
Arielle

On 7/19/12, Baracco, Andrew W <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov> wrote:
> I took your survey today, and I thought that it was interesting. But I
> wondered why you wanted to know which organization of the blind the
> subject belongs to. I hope that at some point you will publish an
> abstract of the results.  Good luck!
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf
> Of Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:08 PM
> To: acb-hsp at acb.org
> Subject: [acb-hsp] Research Study
>
> Dear list,
> My name is Arielle Silverman, and I am a doctoral student in psychology
> at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I am conducting an online
> study investigating the factors that relate to educational and
> employment success for blind and visually impaired people, including
> your feelings about your life overall, your experiences interacting with
> the sighted public, and what blindness-related skills you use. I am
> looking for legally blind adults over the age of 18 who live in the
> United States to participate in my study.
> This study consists of an online survey, which should take you about
> half an hour to complete. In exchange for your participation, you will
> have the opportunity to enter a raffle drawing for a $100 gift
> certificate to Amazon.com. All of your responses will be anonymous and
> confidential.
> To begin the study, please go to:
> www.surveymonkey.com/s/blindstudy1
> If you would prefer to fill out the survey by phone, you can call me at
> 602-502-2255
> Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Mountain time.
> If you have any questions before, during or after the study, feel free
> to contact me at
> 602-502-2255
> Or by email at
> Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu
> You may also contact my advisor, Dr. Geoffrey Cohen, at
> Cohen.geoff at gmail.com
>
> Thank you in advance for your participation in our research.
>
> Warmest regards,
> Arielle Silverman, M.A.
> Social Psychology doctoral student
> Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado at
> Boulder
> 345 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309-0345
> Phone: 602-502-2255
> Email:
> Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu
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