Middle City has seen an increase in complaints about housing code violations in Poorville, the most disinvested neighborhood in the city. The Middle City government wants to do a study to find out why this is happening and what to do about it. But they figure residents would scoff at another government study that would probably be seen as just a way to avoid action. They have heard about this practice called participatory research, and want to try it. They have also heard that doing participatory research often involves residents, community workers, academics, students, and even funders. They have heard that you are experts in participatory research and want your advice on which of these groups to involve and in what ways.

Your task--to determine who to involve in this research, and in what ways, at each of the five research project stages.

POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS

1. residents2. community workers3. academics4. students5. funders

RESEARCH PROJECT STAGES

1. forming the research question.2. designing research methods.3. collecting data4. analyzing data5. reporting and acting on the results.