POL 2156 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Data Analysis
24 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Ethics
Objective:
● Recognize what to consider when doing your own research
● Learn the three pillars of protecting yourself and the participant
● Memorize what to include on an Informed Consent form
● Understand the rights and risks of the researcher and participant
How research can be threatening:
to the participant:
- Intrudes into private matters and delves
into personal details
- “Policy issues that would affect female
offenders, sexual behaviour, etc.” (Study
is concerned with deviance and social
control)
- Impinges on the exercise of coercion or
domination eg. White researcher
studying First Nations
to the researcher:
- Legal action
- Physical safety
- Stigma associated with unpopular topics
Three Pillars of Ethics
- Confidentiality:
- Defined as holding names in confidence and keeping secret
- Anonymity; nameless subjects, “secondary data sets”
- Controversy over Elite interviews: Opinions of people of higher political
status or accreditation may require specific detail
- Informed Consent:
- A form that the participant signs which sets out the rights of the parties
involved
- Must include:
• Nature of the research
• What activities the participants would be involved in doing (Answering
questions, etc.) along with the time and duration.
• Identity of the researcher(s) and their contact information
• Any risks to which the participants may be exposed
• Advise that participation is voluntary
• Participant may withdraw at any point in the research
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Document Summary
Recognize what to consider when doing your own research. Learn the three pillars of protecting yourself and the participant. Memorize what to include on an informed consent form. Understand the rights and risks of the researcher and participant. How research can be threatening: to the participant: to the researcher: Intrudes into private matters and delves into personal details. Policy issues that would affect female offenders, sexual behaviour, etc. (study is concerned with deviance and social control) Impinges on the exercise of coercion or domination eg. white researcher studying first nations. Defined as holding names in confidence and keeping secret. Controversy over elite interviews: opinions of people of higher political status or accreditation may require specific detail. A form that the participant signs which sets out the rights of the parties involved. Must include: nature of the research, what activities the participants would be involved in doing (answering questions, etc. ) along with the time and duration.
