Ethical Practices Related to My

Ethical Practices Related to My Study on Hate Crimes Ethical practices will include the following: I inform participants whom I interact with on the site that they do not need to join in the study and, if they still agree to do so, that they can choose to refuse to answer certain questions would they so wish. I will also emphasize that this is an invented situation, and that he entire incident was crafted in order to serve as study for my college research.

I will solicit feedback from two professional and objective individuals familiar with the targeted population ahead of time in order to ascertain that questions are clear; that typeface is adequately large for those who may have visual difficulties, and that introduction is succinct, clear, and to the point so that as many people as possible will understand. Most importantly, I will ask reviewers to assess sensitivity of the questions.

Instructions for completing the study will be clearly presented in my interaction with potential respondents on the web, as, too, the risks and benefits of participating in the study, and means of contacting me with questions regarding the study would they later wish to do so. The risks are minimal if utterly non-existent, and this fact will be made clear to them. It will also be emphasized that their anonymity will be protected at all costs.

They can adopt for themselves a pseudonym if they wish and the results of their response will not be used in any which way, matter, or form without their permission. A note attached to the survey will guarantee participants that all responses in this study will remain confidential and that only I will have access to these results.

I will also make sure, by showing the survey beforehand to 2 objective individuals (as described above) that there is no emotional feelings attached to the words used and that no misrepresented context can be attributed to them. Wit the help of these assistants, I will also ascertain that the following does not exist; implicit value judgments in questions, leading questions, context effects and so forth.

Since people like to present themselves in a positive light when filling in surveys, I will stress the need for an honest response and will also assure the participants that come the end of the study and following interpretation of these results, the feedback will be trashed or they can receive their answers returned to them as given would they so wish. The consent form attached to the questionnaire will emphasize anonymity and confidentiality.

After the survey is complete, debriefing will occur where I can address any questions or concerns the participant has would be mailed to respondents. I may conduct this debriefing on the online environment where I originally found my participants. As regards my attempts in finding the particular sites and browsing in order to procure participants, I will avoid these sites where I have to register, and I will state my purpose clearly beforehand.