When it comes to qualitative design, ethics can play a significant…

Question Answered step-by-step When it comes to qualitative design, ethics can play a significant… When it comes to qualitative design, ethics can play a significant role. Consider the following scenario:The researcher is focusing on the level of engagement during faculty meetings to determine if the delivery methods used by administrators is effective during these meetings. The researcher comes into the study already having experience with faculty meetings and has the pre-disposition of disliking them since they feel it is a waste of time. The researcher observers teachers during the meeting and makes tally marks for each time teachers disengage during the meeting. They scan sections of the room for a brief period for their observations. They observe several teachers working on grading or lesson planning and others on their phones during the meeting. After the meeting, they administer surveys and conduct interviews with the teachers they observed disengaged. Based on the scenario, the researcher comes into the study already with a mindset regarding meetings. They now have the opportunity to skew the data results by selecting (and perhaps labeling it as random selection) those teachers they observed for interviews and surveys. Now the data will likely lie in the favor of the researcher and not tell an accurate story. Ethics played a key role in this scenario as the researcher is looking for a specific answer to justify their feelings about meetings. You would expect people conducting research at this level would not have ethics questioned like this, but bias and ethics will always play a role. What would you do differently? Arts & Humanities Philosophy EDL 861 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)