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Ethical Issues: Interviews Vs. Questionnaires

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Ethical issues – Interviews Vs Questionnaires
Context: Children between the age of 8 to 10 years are learning Chess as part of their Mathematics curriculum. It is very beneficial and challenging. A research can be done to identify the benefits and the challenges using this age group of children. Children have certain rights that researchers need to take into consideration when collecting data. According to British Educational Research Education (BERA) guidelines (2011), all researchers have to comply with the Articles 3 and 12 of the United Nations Convention in the right of the children. Cresswell (2009), revealed that as researchers anticipate data collection, many ethical issues arise during the data collection through different methods like interviews and questioners. While collecting data, researchers should not put participants at risk. Hence, researchers need to have their research plan as per the BERA guidelines (2011), which promotes respect for all researchers and participants and those who use the research. Because BERA is always continuing with the best ethical practice and …show more content…

Therefore, their involvement in research should be placed within the context of British Educational Research Association guidelines and the international rights-based framework to guarantee the safety and the rights of the researchers and the participants. In the process of data collection, especially through interviews and questionnaires there are numerous ethical issues. They may arise at any time, from the heart of the first step of data collection known as voluntary informed consent to openness and disclosure, right to withdraw, children, privacy, confidentiality, anonymity, validity and reliability. By completing this poster, it was comprehended that there are several ethical issues involved in different data collecting methods and the importance of considering the ethical issues when collecting

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