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9.9: Critical Thinking Questions

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    Critical Thinking Questions

    1. What are some of the major advantages and disadvantages of working with human subjects?
    2. What are three key ethical considerations one must consider while engaged in political science research.
    3. What are some unique differences in ethical practices between qualitative and quantitative research?
    4. Why are data access, production transparency, and analytical transparency critical to political research?
    5. What is “epistemic power”, and the role it plays in society?
    6. You just finished one of your best interviews, but you forgot or didn’t have the opportunity to read your IRB approved consent script to your participant: what do you do?
    7. You found out the possibility that the publication of your research could potentially threatens the lives of your “subjects.” However, your academic career advancement depends on the publication of this research. How do you resolve this dilemma?
    8. You have just finished a fresh round of interviews that seem to contradict not only what other interviewees have already shared with you, but potentially the central thesis of your project. Ethically, what are your best options to resolve this dilemma?

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