In this open-access (!) article, we:
✅ Review the literature on collecting and analyzing demographic categories that use "other, describe" options
✅ Provide practical suggestions for how social scientists should handle "other, describe" data
✅ Walk the reader through 2 examples (both quant & qual)
This was such a fun and unexpected collaboration with other folks doing really cool and interesting work on this topic! Jaclyn Wong @JaclynSWong.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy Christina Pao Katie Donnelly Moran D'Lane Compton @drcompton.bsky.social and Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
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✅ Review the literature on collecting and analyzing demographic categories that use "other, describe" options
✅ Provide practical suggestions for how social scientists should handle "other, describe" data
✅ Walk the reader through 2 examples (both quant & qual)