RESEARCH ETHICS QUIZ

QUESTION.1.

You are storing all of the data from your needs survey on your USB stick. A friend is overworking on an assignment and asks if she can use your stick to store her stuff on as a backup. How do you respond?

1. Oh, this is my research USB and I can only keep data on it for my survey so maybe back your assignment up to your cloud service
2. Yes, you can use my USB stick if you promise not to access any of my files. You are my best friend and I totally trust you
3. Yes you can use my USB stick but make sure you make another file on it to separate your own information from my files
4. Sure, here is the USB stick there is lots of room on it to upload your stuff,

QUESTION.2.

You work well with your community partner Amanda and have a nice rapport. During a meeting, she says to you while rolling her eyes "I bet Micheal had nothing but negative things to say in your survey. " You recall Micheal was equally quite positive. How do you respond?

1. You don't say anything regarding the comment and proceed with your conversation about the next steps of the survey
2. You say, actually, I recall that Micheal was very positive in his responses
3. You admonish Amanda and say sternly" You know I can't tell you how Micheal responded as that information is strictly confidential
4. You laugh and say, " Well, it is surprising sometimes how people respond and it's not always how you think they will"

QUESTION.3.

One of the participants contacts you and says she is visually impaired and cannot complete the questionnaire without assistance. How do you respond?

1. You advise her that there is nothing you can do as the survey must be completed independently to ensure consistency in your approach
2. You tell her to do the best she can with the survey you provided
3. You offer to read the survey questions to her out loud and assist her in responding to her selected choices
4. You tell her to ask a colleague to help her fill out the survey

QUESTION.4.

After completing your needs survey, your partner agency community worker Sarah asks if she can get copies of the surveys to review himself. He wants to see what individual employees had to say about community issues. Your response should be:

1. Of course Sara I can get that information for you after all these are your co-workers and it is agency information
2. I am happy to share a summary of the responses with you. Sarah. Unfortunately, I am not able to provide you with an individual's responses to questions because of confidentiality issues. Let me get the summary report for you by the end of the week.
3. Sure, Sarah, I am more than happy to give you that information. I think you will be very interested to see who said what on the surveys.
4. No Sarah, I can't provide that information to you

QUESTION.5.

After completing your survey, a participant contacts you and says he is really upset and some of the questions were triggering for him. How do you respond?

1. You tell him sorry but sometimes that happens for people with lived experiences
2. You demonstrate empathy and after the conversation, inform the agency's Executive Director
3. You maintain his confidentiality, listen to him with empathy and offer him some ideas for support services he can reach out to for further help
4. You demonstrate empathy and let him know you need to inform your supervising professor who will follow up with him. You then contact your supervising professor immediately to discuss the situation.