The law relating research with children (legally defined as those under 18 years of age) is not clear but a series of principles are proposed in various available guidance (RCPCh, 2000; DOh, 2001, BMA, 2001; RCN, 2003). Guidance is based on concern for children as potentially vulnerable participants as identified in the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’ …
Although the research is low-risk, the primary responsibility of the research to the participants crucially underpins any research. This is particularly pertitent when the participants are children. It is not intended that the research should cause distress but this could happen inadvertently and needs to be recognised as a potential ara of risk. Distress can …
Grounded theory has been defined as ‘theory that was derived from data, systematically gathered and analyzed through the research process. In this method, data collection, analysis, and eventual theory stand in close relationship to one another’ (Strauss and Corbin, 1998, p.12). Two central strands of grounded theory are that it is concerned with the development …
Ardalan et al. (2007) A comparison of student feedback obtained through paper-based and web-based surveys of faculty teaching Summary: This paper looks at the differences in student behaviour and responses between a paper-based and a web-based satisfaction survey. The research looked at the difference between the survey completed online in the Spring against a previous …
A journal paper review Effects of four computer-mediated communications channels on trust development Bos et al. (2002) I was fascinated by this paper for lots of reasons. But first I will summarise the paper. Very Brief Summary This paper describes an ‘experiment’ to investigate how four channels of communication affect the development of trust in …
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