HGA203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Actual Art, Identifiability, Informed Consent
3 Jul 2018
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Social and political science week 3: Social research and ethics
Ethics:
- A set of standards
- A set of moral standards that govern behaviour in particular setting or for a
particular group
oWalter, 2010
- Ethical research is concerned with applying these values when researching
humans
- Why are we ethical:
oPrevious horror stories: WW2
oStill occasional instances of bad stories
oPower differentiations between the researcher and research participants
oWe wan research to matter and be of benefit
oProfessionals seen as authority figure
Need to take into consideration
Power, even if subtle, can mean that participants can be
negatively impacted
- Ethics in Tasmania:
oWhen received funding for topic, must approach human research ethics
committee Tasmania Network
oCollaborations between utas and Department of Health and Human
services
oSocial sciences and health science committees
- Examples:
oQuantitative:
Survey of MONA visitors
Collecting socio-demographic data
Collecting data on gallery experiences
Needs large sample size
Recruitment and ethics also needed
Changes depending on time of day, week, year
Representative sample gained from random selection from
large sample size
Increase sample size by administering survey online as well
MONA study had around 6000
Incentives for completion sometimes included
oSurvey ethics:
Informed consent
Information sheet:
Voluntary
oMade very clear in information sheet so that the
authorities nature didn’t influence
Right to withdraw
Confidentiality:
oHard when providing details for prize
oDelete
Anonymity:
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Document Summary
Social and political science week 3: social research and ethics. A set of moral standards that govern behaviour in particular setting or for a particular group: walter, 2010. Ethical research is concerned with applying these values when researching humans. Why are we ethical: previous horror stories: ww2, still occasional instances of bad stories, power differentiations between the researcher and research participants, we wan research to matter and be of benefit, professionals seen as authority figure. Power, even if subtle, can mean that participants can be. Ethics in tasmania: negatively impacted: when received funding for topic, must approach human research ethics committee tasmania network, collaborations between utas and department of health and human services, social sciences and health science committees. Changes depending on time of day, week, year. Representative sample gained from random selection from large sample size. Increase sample size by administering survey online as well. Incentives for completion sometimes included: survey ethics:
