In terms of ethical research, what does non-maleficence mean?
Avoid harming their participants
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In terms of ethical research, what does beneficence mean?
Produce a positive result and have an identifiable benefit rather than carry out research for the sake of it
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In terms of ethical research, what does autonomy mean?
Respect the values and decisions of participants
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In terms of ethical research, what does justice mean?
To treat people fairly
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What is the first thing to do before you can start doing research?
Develop a researchable question
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What are the 4 different types of social research?
Descriptive, Evaluation, Exploratory, Explanatory
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What is descriptive social research?
“Defining and describing social phenomena of interest... descriptive research is often the primary focus of the first research about some issue” (Shutt 2009:12)
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What is exploratory social research?
'The goal of exploratory research is to learn ‘what is going on here?’
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What is explanatory social research?
“Seeks to identify the causes and effects of social phenomena and to predict how one phenomenon will change or vary in response to some other phenomenon” (Shutt 2009:15)
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What is evaluation social research?
“Seeks to determine the effects of programmes, policies or other efforts to affect social patterns, whether by government agencies, private non-profit or for-profit businesses” (Shutt 2009:16)
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What are the 3 different types of approaches to social research?
Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods
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What is quantitative research?
Numbers=data. Questionnaires, surveys and experiments
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What is qualitative research?
Words=data. Interviews, focus groups and observations
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Avoid harming their participants
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In terms of ethical research, what does non-maleficence mean?
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Produce a positive result and have an identifiable benefit rather than carry out research for the sake of it
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