What is the difference between anonymity and confidentiality? When is each appropriate? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with each?

What will be an ideal response?


Anonymity—provided by research in which no identifying information is recorded that could be used to link respondents to their responses; may not be appropriate in in-person surveys since interviewers know the name and address of the respondent. However, they can be used in telephone surveys and mail surveys where names can be replaced by numbers; confidentiality—provided by research in which identifying information that could be used to link respondents to their responses is available only to designated research personnel for specific research needs; should be used to protect a respondent’s identity from people outside the research personnel. Only numbers should be used to identify respondents on their questionnaires and the researcher should keep the names that correspond to these numbers in a safe, private location

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The Social Security Act of 1935 provided public assistance in the form of

a. Unemployment Insurance, Aid to the Blind, and Old Age Pensions b. Aid to the Blind, Old Age Assistance, and Aid to Dependent Children c. Unemployment Insurance, Old Age Assistance, and Aid to the Blind d. Unemployment Insurance, Old Age Pensions, and Aid to Dependent Children

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Sometimes the change agent system that initiates an idea will subsequently become the action system to implement the changes

A) ?True B) False

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The popular definition of the helping situation emerges from scientific theory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is true about obtaining informed consent with child participants?

a. If the participants are children in school, then all that is needed is permission by a teacher in charge for the children to participate in research. b. If a parent is present, then all that is needed is verbal consent by the child to participate in research. c. Both parent and child must provide consent for research participation unless the child is too young to consent or has a disability that makes it difficult to provide assent. d. Only parental consent is required for a child to participate in research.

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