PLG 704

QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHOD
IN EDUCATION

ETHICAL ISSUES IN
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

present by NURUL AINI MUSA S-PD0001/20

 OBJECTIVES

To explain ethics in Research.

To explain ethics principle.

To explain ethics consideration.

 What is in Research

Rules for distinguishing between right and

wrong.
The most common way of defining 'ethics'
norms for conduct that distinguish between
acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
People recognize some common ethical norms
but interpret, apply, and balance them in
different ways.
Ethics can be thought -as the study of good conduct
and of the grounds for making judgements about
what is good conduct
(Trusted, 1987; Birch et al., 2002)

The term 'ethics' 'usually refers to the moral

principles, guiding conduct, which are held by a
group or even a profession (though there is no logical
reason why individuals should not have their own
ethical code)'
(Wellington, 2000)
 THE ROLE OF ETHICS
Ethical issues in qualitative research are often
more crucial than issues in survey or experimental
research, due to the special characteristics of
qualitative methodology:

a) long term and close personal involvement

b) interviewing participant observation
c) research is based on human interaction
d) field investigators themselves are the measuring
instruments.
WHY RESAERCH ETHICS IMPORTANT

According to Principles of Research Ethics

 ETHICS CHALLENGES

Researcher-participant relationship
Informed consent processes
Privacy and confidentiality
Writing and dissemination practices

 Researcher-Participant Relationships.

Qualitative researchers have complex and varied

relationships with their participants.
Participatory, community based projects may reflect long
standing relationships between researchers and community
members.
Managing the ethical issues and obligations in the various
relationship is a key point of consideration.
 Informed Consent Processes.

Researchers must ensure that participants understand

the implications of their decision to be involved in a study.
Participants need to understand how their data will be
stored, analyzed, and used, including any details relating
to how (or if) they will identified.
Researchers need to consider all implications of the
design, including how the data will be used in future, and
be sure that participants are informed of these details as
part of the consent process.
 Privacy and Confidentiality .

Participants share many details of their lives, in

confidence, with qualitative researchers, expecting that
their data will be be treated with respect and addressing
relevant privacy considerations.
Researchers must be clear with participants as to how their
privacy and any confidential details will be treated as part of
the consent process.
 .
Writing and Dissemination

Practices

When writing the results of projects, researchers must

ensure that they abide by obligations made to participants
related to how/whether they will be identified.
This may involve changing real names to pseudonyms,
omitting identifying details in cases where people could be
identified easily or changing the names of other people or
organizations mentioned during data collection, where
those details would inadvertently identify the participant.
Photographs, audio files, and other types of data may also
need to be omitted or altered to ensure that participants
are not identified.
 CONCLUSION
02

Ethical issues can arise from several aspects of the research

process.
The ethical issues usually originate from the complexities of
research methods in social research, such as in the survey
methods, interviews and observations methods, action
research, and ethnographic studies.
Methodological and ethical issues are inextricably
interwoven in much of the research that have designated as
qualitative research.
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