Given below are two statements:

Statement I: A rigid application of ethical principles is not possible in ethnographic research.

Statement II: The principle of informed consent is theoretical, as pre-information is likely to affect the research findings.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Key Points

Statement I: A rigid application of ethical principles is not possible in ethnographic research.

Explanation:

• Ethnography is a qualitative method for collecting data often used in the social and behavioral sciences.
• Data are collected through observations and interviews, which are then used to draw conclusions about how societies and individuals function.
• It provides the researcher with an understanding of how those users see the world and how they interact with everything around them.
• A classic example of ethnographic research would be an anthropologist traveling to an island, living within the society on said island for years, and researching its people and culture through a process of sustained observation and participation.
• A rigid application of ethical principles is not possible in ethnographic research.

Hence we can say that statement I is correct.

Statement II: The principle of informed consent is theoretical, as pre-information is likely to affect the research findings.

Explanation:

• Informed consent is one of the most important aspects of research ethics.
• Regulations requiring informed consent have been promulgated to protect the human subjects participating in clinical research.
• Informed consent is the process of telling potential research participants about the key elements of a research study and what their participation will involve. 
• The informed consent process is one of the central components of the ethical conduct of research with human subjects. 
• The principle of informed consent is theoretical, as pre-information is likely to affect the research findings.

Hence we can say that statement II is correct.

Therefore we can say that Both Statement I and Statement II are true