POLSCI 3N06 Lecture Notes - Leadership Dynamics, The Injury
23 Nov 2013
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Political science 3n06 2013 lecture 4b: research ethics. General principles governing social scientific research: voluntary participation. Participation in research should be voluntary: it has to be continually voluntary; it has to be clear that they can withdraw at any time. Only way to do this is to get in the process; voluntary participation and informed consent prevents this from happening; deception might be required to get results. Some sort of research designs and questions might conflict with this idea; can"t get the data that is required if we stick too rigidly on this principle. sufficient. Where there are power differentials between the researcher and the research subject. There are circumstances where fully revealing the nature of the study will. Influence the very phenomenon you are trying to observe . Moreover, those who volunteer to participate may not be representative of the general population that you are interested in understanding.
