RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING

Monday, October 31, 2011

Respondent Driven Sampling Blog

Respondent Driven Sampling Blog has been setup for researchers using respondent driven sampling methods for their research projects. To create a platform to share their experience or needs to setup a research surveillance site and what systems to put in place to:

        • Recruit Participants
        • Invite Coupons
        • E-Invites
        • Screen Participants
        • Manage Research
        • Data Collection Methods
        • Electronic Questionnaires
        • Audio Questionnaires
        • Incentive Management
There are many researchers who have used this method over the years since RDS was developed by Douglas Heckathorn more than a decade ago, in 1997, as part of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded HIV-prevention research project targeting drug injectors in several Connecticut cities. RDS served as the recruitment mechanism for an intervention design developed with Robert Broadhead termed "peer-driven intervention" (PDI). So we are putting together a database of RDS related publications as a reference tool for researchers. If you would like to share yours, please submit them to the Blog.

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