Using the Internet to Conduct Research With Culturally Diverse Populations: Challenges and Opportunities

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Suarez Balcazar, Yolanda ^a   Balcazar, Fabricio E ^b   Taylor Ritzler, Tina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Center on Capacity Building for Minorities with Disabilities Research

Author keywords

Internet; multicultural populations; Web based research

Indexed keywords

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MULTILINGUALISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH;

EID: 58749085970     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013179     Document Type: Article

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