Dissertation decision time - PLEASE HELP ME MY TRANS, GNC AND CIS FRIENDS W/ CONCEPT FAMILIARITY!!!

[gina_r_snape]

EDIT: Forget it. I can't make this variable work in a way that truly reflects people's multiplicity of identities. So I will recommend it to be a qualitative study in the limitations discussion section and also recommend future studies to ask a question such as "how do you explain your identity to others" as a way to get at whether people are

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[selannia]

What if your initial categories are Binary and Non-binary? That could give you a decent sample size to start with that could be further broken down in subsequent questions. "Non-binary" would include some of the harder categorize answers. "Binary" would include the folks assigned male/female at birth who identify as male/female and present male/female. (I know the terminology is not good but it's late and I don't have the words.) Using the "Non-binary" category would allow someone with a more complex self identity to be included and not left out of the survey because they are a category of one.

Are you gathering your own unique data for this dissertation or is it cricket to incorporate existing data from other surveys so long as you cite the source? Not having written a dissertation, I don't know what's a no-no in academic circles.

My concern is that with 14 possible answers to the "describe your gender identity" question, you'd need several hundred completed surveys in order for each answer to be statistically significant.

I hope this makes a little sense. I need to get off the Internet and go to sleep.

[gina_r_snape]

OMG. YOU'RE A MONKEY GENIUS!!!!!!

Thanks :)

[gina_r_snape]

Oh bleurgh of bleurgh. If someone answers more than one category, I have to decide between binary and nonbinary. How to choose? I want to see what happens in both scenarios!

:gnashes teeth: