RUDN Journal of SociologyRUDN Journal of Sociology2313-22722408-8897Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba6087UnknownRDS Experiment Online: The Study of Gamblers' MotivationMavletovaA M<p>Факультет социологии; Государственный университет - Высшая школа экономики; The State University Higher School of Economics</p>mavletova@yandex.ruThe State University Higher School of Economics150420104364807092016Copyright © 2010, Mavletova2010<p>The article focuses on the online RDS experiment conducted to study the motivation of gamblers - i.e. people with an addiction to gambling. The rationale for the validity of the given technique for the investigation of closed social groups including the gamblers is provided by the author.</p>gamblingRDS methodologymotivations to visit a casinosurveyгемблингметодология RDSмотивы посещения казиносоциологический опрос[http://www.respondentdrivensampling.org/reports/RDSAT60.htm][Mavletova A. Kazino: territoriya emotsional'nosti ili rascheta? // Sotsial'naya real'nost'. - 2008 - № 3. - S. 100-110.][Campbell F. Gambling: A positive view // Gambling and Society: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Subject of Gambling / Ed. by W. Eadington. Springfield: Charles T. Thomas.][Goffman E. Where the action is // Interaction ritual: Essays on face-to-face behavior. - New York: Pantheon Books, 1967.][Heckathorn D. Respondent-driven sampling: A new approach to the study of hidden populations // Social Problems. - 1997. - Vol. 44. - No. 2.][Heckathorn D. Respondent-driven sampling II: Deriving valid population estimates from chain-referral samples of hidden populations // Social Problems. - 2002. - Vol. 49. - No. 2.][Kusyszyn I. How gambling saved me from a misspent sabbatical // Gambling and Society: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Subject of Gambling / Ed. by W. Eadington. Springfield: Charles T. Thomas, 1976.][Salganik M. Variance estimation, design effects, and sample size calculations for respondent-driven sampling // Journal of Urban Health. - 2006. - Vol. 111.][Salganik M., Heckathorn D. Sampling and estimation in hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling // Sociological Methodology. - Vol. 34.][Tversky A., Wakker P. Risk attitudes and decision weights // Econometrica. - 1995. - Vol. 63. - No. 6.]