Week 6 (Lecture)

Question 1

Key imperatives ethics

Answer 1

1. Avoid harm and do good
2. Respect for persons
3. Protect confidentiality
4. Avoid deception

Question 2

Deontology

Answer 2

Very ‘black and white’: rules are rules and there are things we must never do

Question 3

Teleogoly

Answer 3

Rules on particular actions can be established by looking at specific consequences (good produced vs interests of participants)

Question 4

To ensure participant confidentiality:

Answer 4

• Restrict access to information that allows identifying respondents
• Reveal actual names/job positions, etc. only with clear written consent
• Do not disclose actual data sets with personal details

Question 5

Deception

Answer 5

Not informing stakeholders about key attributes of the study

Question 6

Speculation

Answer 6

Making claims that your data does not support

Question 7

Neglect

Answer 7

Failing to acknowledge limitations of your study

Question 8

HARKing

Answer 8

Hypothesizing (theorizing) after the results are known

Question 9

P-hacking

Answer 9

Messaging/torturing the data until p < 0.05

Question 10

Biased sampling

Answer 10

Selecting desirable cases or groups of respondents

Question 11

Design deficiencies

Answer 11

Major design flaws, such as not including control groups in experiments

Question 12

Fabrication

Answer 12

Creating fake data and results

Question 13

Falsification

Answer 13

Modifying answers, deleting data

Question 14

Plagiarism

Answer 14

Presenting the work of others as if it is your own