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Title Using the Internet to Give Children a Voice: An Online Survey of 10-and 11-Year-Old Children in Northern Ireland
Source Field Methods, 22, 3, pp. 270-289
Year 2010
Access date 09.09.2010
Abstract

Over the years, researchers from different disciplines have used a wide variety of research methods to assess the views of children. Qualitative methods such as focus groups and small group discussions are particularly common. Much rarer are large-scale quantitative surveys that are a valuable way of comparing data from across different age groups and countries and over time. To test the feasibility of carrying out large-scale quantitative research with children, the authors undertook a pilot survey in Northern Ireland in June 2008. There were two notable innovations: First, it was a survey of all Primary 7 children (age 10 and 11 years); second, it used the Internet to gather the information, which has not been done on this scale before. This article discusses the methodology used to implement the pilot study and evaluates the use of the Internet for carrying out survey research with children.

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Year of publication2010
Bibliographic typeJournal article
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