title: Minding the noise: conducting health research among bisexual populations and beyond.
abstract: In this article, we draw upon our experiences conducting health-related studies with sexual minorities to suggest guidelines and best-practices for carrying out research among bisexual populations specifically. Too often bisexuality has been treated as "noise in the data," because it does not conform to monosexual notions of sexual orientation. We discuss methodological, theoretical and conceptual concerns as they pertain to conducting research among bisexual persons. We hope that the insights we offer will prompt greater attention to bisexual groups and their specific concerns, not only among health researchers, but among those from other fields and disciplines as well.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Human Sciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 60115, USA. wbostwick@niu.edu
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bostwick
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hequembourg
mesh_terms: D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D001727:Bisexuality; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic