Researchers often confront difficulties in selecting adequate research methods among the vast options for their social research. Among the tremendous research methods, quantitative and qualitative research paradigms appear to be the most celebrated methods adopted by majority social researchers. For many decades, social researchers (e.g. David and Sutton, 2004; Johnson and Onwuegbuzie, 2004) argued on the differentiated nature and ideologies of the terms ‘quantitative’ and ‘qualitative’ within social research. Some researchers (e.g. Ayer, 1959; Schrag, 1992; Maxwell and Delaney, 2004) advocated that quantitative research was a ‘positivist philosophy’. They upheld that objective social science observation was desirable when the determined
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informed consent) and theoretical issues (e.g. insider/outsider; generalisation) in the course of research. Regarding ethics in social research, it has long been a debatable issue in academics and in public. David and Sutton (2004) noted that negative consequences (e.g. invasion of privacy; potentially discourse of information) can possibly be exploited to humans if the features of social research lay in ‘control, observation and interrogation’ (David and Sutton, 2004: 18). In this vein, the notion of informed consent is particularly vital when recruiting ‘staff’ in qualitative research design. According to Bulmer (2008), the philosophy of informed consent permits individuals rights to participate or to refuse answering to the research. Moreover, detailed information about the essence and object of the research, including personal risks and agreements on confidentiality and anonymity are offered to the potential research participants (Bulmer, 2008). In both studies of Mandiuc (2014) and McClelland and Newell (2008), informed consent prior to the research is significantly evidenced. In her research, Mandiuc informed all participants (e.g. experts and prostitute mother) clearly of the purpose and objectives (i.e. perspectives of experts and prostitute mothers on life circumstance of children having mother exercising prostitution) of the research. Her research …show more content…
For example, Laud Humphries (1970) did not obtain informed consent from individuals having observed in his research on homosexuals male having sex in public toilets. The query on justification without informed consent emerged as the ends outweigh the means, as David and Sutton (2004) asserted. They further argued that the participants might behave discriminately if they aware or noted of being researched (David and Sutton, 2004). Prominently, the ethnographic study of the three exotic dance clubs (Temptations, Conquest and Girlielicious) by Siobhan (2010) illustrated how Siobhan altered and depicted her research purpose. For instance, she told the dancers she was researching on benefits for women dancers in order to acquire trust and obtained additional information from her potential research participants (Siobhan,
informed consent) and theoretical issues (e.g. insider/outsider; generalisation) in the course of research. Regarding ethics in social research, it has long been a debatable issue in academics and in public. David and Sutton (2004) noted that negative consequences (e.g. invasion of privacy; potentially discourse of information) can possibly be exploited to humans if the features of social research lay in ‘control, observation and interrogation’ (David and Sutton, 2004: 18). In this vein, the notion of informed consent is particularly vital when recruiting ‘staff’ in qualitative research design. According to Bulmer (2008), the philosophy of informed consent permits individuals rights to participate or to refuse answering to the research. Moreover, detailed information about the essence and object of the research, including personal risks and agreements on confidentiality and anonymity are offered to the potential research participants (Bulmer, 2008). In both studies of Mandiuc (2014) and McClelland and Newell (2008), informed consent prior to the research is significantly evidenced. In her research, Mandiuc informed all participants (e.g. experts and prostitute mother) clearly of the purpose and objectives (i.e. perspectives of experts and prostitute mothers on life circumstance of children having mother exercising prostitution) of the research. Her research …show more content…
For example, Laud Humphries (1970) did not obtain informed consent from individuals having observed in his research on homosexuals male having sex in public toilets. The query on justification without informed consent emerged as the ends outweigh the means, as David and Sutton (2004) asserted. They further argued that the participants might behave discriminately if they aware or noted of being researched (David and Sutton, 2004). Prominently, the ethnographic study of the three exotic dance clubs (Temptations, Conquest and Girlielicious) by Siobhan (2010) illustrated how Siobhan altered and depicted her research purpose. For instance, she told the dancers she was researching on benefits for women dancers in order to acquire trust and obtained additional information from her potential research participants (Siobhan,