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    This document discusses unobtrusive designs and data collection in research. It notes pros and cons of unobtrusive designs, including that the data has already been collected so it is convenient, but the accuracy may be questionable since someone else collected it. It also raises ethics issues around participant consent and gaining access to privately collected data. The document concludes with caveats around understanding how the data is managed and stored, developing relationships with database managers, and following strong ethics standards around privacy and consent given the lack of direct participant contact.

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    This document discusses unobtrusive designs and data collection in research. It notes pros and cons of unobtrusive designs, including that the data has already been collected so it is convenient, but the accuracy may be questionable since someone else collected it. It also raises ethics issues around participant consent and gaining access to privately collected data. The document concludes with caveats around understanding how the data is managed and stored, developing relationships with database managers, and following strong ethics standards around privacy and consent given the lack of direct participant contact.

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    Lecture 12

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    This document discusses unobtrusive designs and data collection in research. It notes pros and cons of unobtrusive designs, including that the data has already been collected so it is convenient, but the accuracy may be questionable since someone else collected it. It also raises ethics issues around participant consent and gaining access to privately collected data. The document concludes with caveats around understanding how the data is managed and stored, developing relationships with database managers, and following strong ethics standards around privacy and consent given the lack of direct participant contact.

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    3/30/2011

    Location In The Research Process

    #12 Unobtrusive Designs


    and
    Data Collection

    Unobtrusive Designs Unobtrusive Designs


    Pro Con
    - Easy· Already been collected ~') - Already been collected - by somebody else
    - Ethics tssues Don't need to directly
    »
    so measurement accuracy (reliability and
    contact participants validity) may be questionable
    - Convenient- Can be captured and z..)- Ethics Issues - Did the participants
    transferred electronically actually consent for you to see their data?
    Was their consent fully voluntary?
    -Inconvenient - Gaining access can be
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    Unobtrusive Designs
    stop here for 2nd Midterm
    Caveats
    • Know your source- know how the data
    is coded, entered, organized, and
    managed!
    • Personal touch - you must have a good School of Social Work Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
    relationship with the database managerl
    • Ethics - since informed consent may (or
    may not) be questionable you must
    follow the spirit (more than minimum
    care) of confidentiality and privacy to
    the maximum!

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