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The Ethics of Researching Those Who Are Close to You: The Case of the Abandoned ADD Project
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Puchner, Laurel D.; Smith, Louis M. – Educational Action Research, 2008
This paper explores the ethical issues involved when researchers attempt to study participants who are personally close to them. It describes a case in which two researchers decided to study the experiences respectively of their son and grandson, both with ADD. They had barely initiated the study when ethical concerns led them to abandon the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Ethics, Researchers, Attention Deficit Disorders
Academic Discipline of Instruction/Research Employees in Missouri State-Supported Higher Education Institutions, 1978-79. Research and Planning Series Report 79-7.
St. John, Edward P. – 1979
The status of instruction/research employees in Missouri state-supported higher education institutions during 1978-79 was examined by HEGIS discipline divisions. The employees' status was examined with respect to numbers of full-time and part-time employees, percentage part-time, and percentage with tenure. The implications of this information for…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Departments
Age and Tenure Status of Instruction/Research Employees in Missouri Higher Education Institutions 1978-79. Research and Planning Series Report 79-5.
St. John, Edward P.; Elliott, Loretta Glaze – 1979
Information on the age and tenure status of instructional and research employees in Missouri higher education institutions for 1978-79 is summarized, including employees who devoted at least 50 percent of their time to instruction, research, or a combination of the two activities. Information in three topical areas considered important to…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, College Faculty, Community Colleges