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family therapist, and one psycho-educational assessor (note: because the clinical role of a
psycho-educational assessor is somewhat marginal, data from this respondent, though
interesting, are not included in this report).
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As this study is based on intensive interviewing and draws from a relatively small
sample in comparison to other methodological procedures that are better suited to the
development and analysis of data from larger samples, it should be noted that certain
social variables would be inadequately addressed if analyzed in this forum. Hence,
studies cross-tabulating the race, class, and gender of respondents may be better suited to
a quantitative approach, and would indeed be a welcome addition to the sociological
study of ADHD. As shown, excerpts from respondents mention age, gender and
occupation. This is not meant to show more of a human face to the respondent group. A
similar method of description is also used in the award-winning work of David Karp
(1996).