Ethics methodology
In this Document……
- cover these points in your Methodology section and Ethics section.
- See below for full reading/reference list of what you covered in ED4074.
- Methodology
This section will provide the rationale(s) for the research design choices and discuss issues relating to validity – linked consistently to the stated project aims and RQs; and supported with relevant literature on research design.
- Which research paradigm did you use – positivist or interpretivist, and why.
- Which research approach/strategy (e.g. case study, ethnography, survey, action research) did you use? Why?
- Identify the data collection method(s) selected. Why?
- How do the selected methods engage with the stated research paradigm and approach?
- How will reliability and validity be assured? Consider issues related to statistical analysis and/or triangulation.
- Research Ethics SECTION the bullet points to use as subheading
Demonstrate your understanding of ethical procedures and, where appropriate, how they were applied in your research. Your discussion in this section must be supported with relevant literature on ethics.
- What are the key ethical issues? How will they be meaningfully applied in the context of this proposed research and method(ology)?
- What is informed consent? How was it gained from the various categories of participant? Gate keeping.
- What is meant by confidentiality and anonymity? How was confidentiality and anonymity assured in this research?
- What are the benefits of your research? What are the potential risks? Issues in dissemination
- How has your researcher identity and positioning influenced the data gathering process (and analysis?).
- Consider power relations in your role as researcher
