SOAN 2120 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation, Social Experiment, Standard Deviation
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Tearoom trade (homosexual encounters in public bathrooms) lookout recorded license plates follow-up interview. Many were actually heterosexual people married with kids. Issues? informed consent: studying people behind their backs no idea they were a part of a study consequences if confidentiality violated consequences for humphries couldn"t get phd from u. of chicago. Privacy: sensitive questions values, beliefs, backgrounds, observation especially if we observe them w/o them knowing informed consent, deception they don"t know true purpose of experiment so they do not modify behaviour accordingly. Anonymity: more strict of the two (confidentiality being the other) no way we can figure out who these people are confidentiality, we know their identities but we keep their information secret. Implications of past research code of ethics (review boards) Principles to guide ethical human experimentation (code of conduct for ethical research: the fundamental principle is respect for the individual, their right to self determination and the right to make informed decisions regarding participation in research.