In a new study, Florida State University researchers explore the challenges of recruiting and retaining older adults to participate in research.
The study also marks the first step of a broad, interdisciplinary FSU effort to increasingly use artificial intelligence in research.
In the study, published in The Gerontologist, Associate Professor of Sociology Dawn Carr identified core “motivation clusters” among older adults for research participation. Along with her 12 FSU-based co-authors, Carr suggests that identifying those clusters – “fun seekers” and “research helpers,” for example — can guide recruitment and retention strategies.