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Ethical Principles and Challenges for Qualitative Researchers

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Computer Supported Qualitative Research (WCQR 2021)

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The ethics of qualitative research are a reflection of the different procedures and tools that characterise this type of research. Due to its characteristic features (Wiles 2012) and its circular and interactive nature (Rodríguez et al. 2005), ethical problems continuously arise throughout the entire qualitative research process. There are certain ethical considerations that are common to both qualitative and quantitative research. However, in the field of social science where qualitative research techniques are more frequently applied, these ethical issues are considerably complex given that researchers are influenced by a number of aspects intrinsic to the nature of the human phenomena being researched and which affect decisions regarding technical and procedural matters, information management and even dissemination. This situation influences the expertise, ethical quality and commitment of the researcher in relation to the generation and analysis of the materials upon which the work is based and improving the understanding by the scientific community of the phenomenon studied (Aspers and Corte 2019).

Qualitative researchers face a number of issues and challenges to ensure they carry out their research work in line with the principles expected of them relating to qualitative research, which are closely related to ethical values (Guba and Lincoln 1981).

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  1. University of Granada, Melilla, Spain

    Lorenzo-Quiles Oswaldo

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  1. Department of Education and Psychology, Didactics and Technology in Teacher Education (CIDTFF) Research Centre, Ludomedia and University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Pedro Costa

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory (LIACC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  3. Department of Education and Psychology, Didactics and Technology in Teacher Education (CIDTFF) Research Centre, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Moreira

  4. School of Computer Science, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Luca Longo

  5. Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

    Grzegorz Bryda

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Oswaldo, LQ. (2021). Ethical Principles and Challenges for Qualitative Researchers. In: Costa, A.P., Reis, L.P., Moreira, A., Longo, L., Bryda, G. (eds) Computer Supported Qualitative Research. WCQR 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1345. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70187-1_1

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