Re: ITW/P: freecati
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 12:08:59PM -0700, A.J. Rossini wrote:
> Just for the record, some of us use CATI to get information from
> subjects (voluntary participation) who can not come to a research site
> for various reasons .
i have no problem at all with voluntary participation in surveys or
market research or even telesales. if someone wants to volunteer for
these activities it's their right to make that choice.
i object only to tele-anything which involves making unsolicited calls
to complete strangers.
> This is incredibly different from telemarketing;
yep, it's completely different. not the same thing at all.
> in fact, one could argue that not using CATI in such a situation
> is unethical (discrimination in clinical/intervention trials
> participation against those too sick to travel...).
i don't know if i'd go as far as saying that not using it would be
unethical, but i certainly agree that this usage IS an ethical and
appropriate use of this kind of software.
craig
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craig sanders
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