CLD 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Census Tract

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 322
• Professor: Robert Rinkoff

Document Summary

It should be both: reasonably informed consent: strategy used by scientists as a means of confronting the practical difficulties. Info about income remains private if only the investigator has access to it. When information is publicized through media, privacy is invaded: anonymity: separating the identity of individuals from the information they give. Anonymous when the researcher cannot identify any specific information with a particular participant: confidentiality: the information they provide will be treated as confidential, although the researchers are able to know, they will not reveal it publicly. In order to permit outsiders" access to data without compromising the confidentiality requirement, a number of techniques have been developed. Deletion of identifiers for example, names, social security numbers, and street addresses from the data released on individuals: 2. Crude report categories for example, releasing county rather than neighborhood (or census tract) data, year of birth rather than specific date, profession but not professional specialization, and so on: 3.