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Activity Number: 467
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #305559
Title: Individuals with Disabilities: How They Impact Research
Author(s): Larry Featherston*+
Companies: University of Arkansas
Address: 5738 W. Chattel Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72704,
Keywords: disability ; validity ; reliability ; methodology ; sampling ; errors
Abstract:

This presentation takes a critical look at research reliability and validity when studying or including individuals with disabilities in social and/or behavioral science research. With more than 54 million Americans suffering from one or more disabilities, individuals with disabilities create a unique challenge to all researchers, impacting sampling and sample representation, data collection, research conclusions, and research reliability and validity. The author will articulate ways to control for internal, external, and statistical threats to validity when studying individuals with disabilities. The author will discuss the findings of a 2005 study by Roessler, Williams, Featherston, and Featherston on the Social Security Administration's Ticket-to-Work program and the findings implications for other researchers in the behavioral sciences.

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