socially sensitive

Question 1

defintion

Answer 1

sieber and Stanley said socially sensitive research refers to studies in which there are potential social consequences or implications either directly for the participants in the research or the class of individual represented by the research

Question 2

Examples of socially sensitive research

Answer 2

Research on gender, ethnicity, sexuality, mental illness, crime et cetera

Question 3

What are the four aspects of research that may raise socially sensitive issues?

Answer 3

• the formulation of the research question
• how are the research is carried out and how participants are treated?
• the context within which the researcher is carried out
• the interpretation on application of research findings