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Activists and Academics: ‘Watching the Detectives’?

Centre for Disability Studies. Activists and Academics: ‘Watching the Detectives’?. Professor Mark Priestley m.a.priestley@leeds.ac.uk. Centre for Disability Studies. Who does what?. Setting the agenda (funding and ideas) Formulating the questions Choosing the methods

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Activists and Academics: ‘Watching the Detectives’?

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  1. Centre for Disability Studies Activists and Academics: ‘Watching the Detectives’? Professor Mark Priestley m.a.priestley@leeds.ac.uk

  2. Centre for Disability Studies Who does what? • Setting the agenda (funding and ideas) • Formulating the questions • Choosing the methods • Access to people and knowledge • Analysis of data • Validation of results • Dissemination and communication • Practical implementation

  3. Centre for Disability Studies Choice of Methods • Questionnaires (paper and web) • Life histories • Observation (covert and overt) • Interviews and focus groups (structured and conversational) • Official statistics • Measurement scales • Documentary analysis (academic, legal, policy) • Experiments and trials • Theory • Case studies and comparisons...?

  4. Centre for Disability Studies Roles for disabled people? • Research ‘subjects’ and participants • Project reference group • Consultants and advisors • Peer interviewers • Co-researchers • Academics • Project co-ordinators • Employers

  5. Centre for Disability Studies How would you do it?

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