Research Ethics Game

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

When written informed consent is obtained, participants must be told________of the experiment

• The aim and hypothesis

• The method and pay rate

• The nature and purpose

• Method and outcome

Does a reason have to be given to withdraw from a study?

• Yes

• No

Obtaining informed consent means the research must make sure to provide participants with:

• General overview of the study purpose and risks

• Information about the study methods and design

• Reports include the study results and conclusions

• The choice of being in the control or intervention group

Is it ok to talk about your findings with people that are interested in the results

• Yes

• No

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. It burns their skin and leaves permanent scarring. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

• informed consent

• cause no harm

• right to withdraw

• confidentiality

• deceptive practices