Ethics Experiments Statistics

Why are ethical issues important in research?

• They will help me pass the assignment

• They indicate what the researcher ought to do and how they should treat people

• They help the researcher write up their research

• They indicate that all people are very sensitive

What is considered unethical in a research about students' behaviors and class management

• The research participants (given role of ‘teachers’) did not know the ‘learners’ were actors

• The participants responded to an advert

• The participants were all male

What is meant by ‘informed consent’? Please indicate the best answer

• Telling people who you are and what you are studying

• The ethics committee is informed about the research

• Participants are given a clear indication what the research is about and what their involvement would entail

• Participants are informed about the findings of the research at the end of the project

Which of the following best relates to ethical issues when researching with babies?

• Asking for adults’ permission to research because babies are incapable of showing a degree of consent

• Getting babies to make a hand print to stand for a signature on a consent form

• Seeing consent and withdrawal of consent as an ongoing issue and responding to the cues of the baby

• Babies don’t remember so if they are upset you don’t need to worry about it

If you are a student involved in a research project in a nursery how would you deal with a child disclosing that her parent has hit her the previous night?

• Keep the information secret as to do otherwise is a breach of confidentiality

• Talk to the setting’s manager (or person with responsibility for safeguarding) soon afterwards

• Be annoyed that you will probably have to exclude the child from the research

• Joke with the parents, saying ‘You’ll never believe what your child has told me…

At which stages of the research process should you think about ethics?

• When designing the questions and planning the research

• When collecting data

• When analyzing data

• All of the above