In December, I asked for your feedback in a quick two-question survey. Thank you for providing it. This was one of the suggested topics 🙂 The goal of your research project is to answer one or more research questions (typically 1-2 questions, which may have related sub-questions, also termed secondary research questions). So, your question […]
Is Informed Consent Always Required?
The short answer is “no”. No, informed consent is not always required, but it usually is. As a general rule, researchers are not required to obtain consent form participants if obtaining their consent will do more harm (broadly defined) than using the data without participants’ consent. For example, in the case of secondary data. Suppose […]