SOC221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nuremberg Code
29 Jan 2019
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Outline: ethical considerations in social scientific research (research with human participants, important ethics guidelines for term projects. Research ethics clearance: when collecting data from human participants at uw, approval from. Office of resesarch ethics is needed: includes undergrad projects, usually takes 2-3 months from start to finish to prepare and receive, we already have clearance for our class projects. Important ethics guidelines for term project: tas and prof need to approve proposal and interview/survey materials before data collection, final green light should be given around the end of week 9. Why research ethics: conduct research in an ethical manner to avoid harming participants, roots go back to nuremberg code (1949, many examples of unethical research with human participants since, see 4. 1 slides for examples. Participants have the right to give informed consent to. Participants have the right to give informed consent to participate in any research study. Inform a potential participant about a research study.
