Testing the damaged-goods hypothesis among pornography actresses : a matched sample study /

This case provides an account of conducting a study that compared porn actresses with a matched sample. It tracks the emergence of research question, hypotheses development, selection of instruments, issues involved with recruitment of a difficult-to-access population, approach to find a comparison...

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Main Author: Griffith, James (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:SAGE research methods. Cases.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This case provides an account of conducting a study that compared porn actresses with a matched sample. It tracks the emergence of research question, hypotheses development, selection of instruments, issues involved with recruitment of a difficult-to-access population, approach to find a comparison group, and summary of findings. The study discussed represents the largest study conducted on a small group of women who receive much media attention, but about whom very little is known.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781473951198
1473951194