Hey Rob,
Thanks for your input.
What you describe would bother me a lot less. Unfortunately, "no", the
process was not described in much detail. As it has been submitted, and
given the vague description, I don't even know how to make a judgment
(and that will be reflected in my review of course).
Cheers,
-S
On Jul 26, 2006, at 2:22 PM, ROBERT [EMAIL PROTECTED]@MATHSCIENCE wrote:
Does the article refer to the collection process at all? I have seen
similar situations, although not with minors, where the data packets
were placed into a box that contained all of the data packets, which
in turn was not opened until data collection was completed.
Rob Flint
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Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
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Subject: [tips] survey research ethics
Dear Colleagues,
I am reviewing a research article for publication and I have a question
for which I need a specific reference. I assume someone from this list
can help.
The researchers are asking high school students to complete a survey.
The students are individually taken out of a class by a "staff member"
and are asked to complete a survey. They are informed about their right
not to complete the survey. It is unclear whether the "staff member"
remains in the room during the survey completion or not. However, given
the fact that the students are "tested" individually means that if they
do not complete the survey, they can be identified. This procedure
strikes me as blatantly unethical. I wouldn't have as much of a problem
with it if the students were tested in groups so that non-compliant
students could not be specifically identified.
I am assuming this is covered in the APA Ethics document. I don't
happen to have one of those handy. Would someone direct me to a
specific resource or send me the specific paragraph that addresses this
particular procedure?
Thanks so much.
Cheers,
-S
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