ethical

• Some ethical factors that would influence choice is:

  • Informed consent
  • Confidentiality and privacy
  • Effects on participants
  • Vulnerable groups
  • Deception
• Informed consent may affect the research method chosen as:

  • Participants must be told exactly what the research will be
  • Hard to get consent without them changing behavior
  • They must get a debrief afterwards and are able to withdraw
• Confidentiality and privacy may affect the research method chosen as:

  • They must consent to their data being used
  • There names must be protected and anonymous
• There may be harmful effects on the participants such as physical harm and psychological harm so the participants need to be protected from any harm.
• Vulnerable groups need to have extra protection such as minority groups and people with additional needs
• The researcher may have to use deception of the participants otherwise they could change their behavior which affects the results.