Research Ethics

What is an ethical consideration?

• making sure you research does not cause harm or offence

• when people are different colours

• making sure your research causes harm or offence

• when you are polite to people

What is informed consent?

• when people involved in your research are told

• when people involved in your research are not told

• when people involved in your research are paid

• when people involved in your research are not paid

What is anonymity?

• Not telling someone you are researching them

• Keeping someone’s identity secret.

• Not putting your name on your research

• Telling all of the names

What is confidentiality?

• Not putting someones name on their research

• need for researchers to tell people that they are being studied

• Need for researchers not to publish personal details of respondents

• To only research people that you know

The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to

• Ensure that the participants are safe

• Enable ethical deception

• To ensure participants are paid for their time

• Ensure the study get valid results