Fieldwork Ethics Survey

This is an informal survey on linguists doing fieldwork and their experiences with human subjects review. Thanks for your time! I will post results on my home page.
~Claire Bowern (claire.bowern@yale.edu)

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1. Did your last fieldwork require Human Subjects approval?

Did your last fieldwork require Human Subjects approval? yes

don't know

2. Who was required to approve your research? [choose all applicable]

Who was required to approve your research? [choose all applicable] university human subjects committee

land council

community council

funding body

government body

individual research participants

Other (please specify)

3. How much time did you spend applying for research approval?

How much time did you spend applying for research approval? less than 1 hour

1 to 5 hours

5 to 10 hours

more than 10 hours

4. Have you ever curtailed a research project, changed the goals of a research project or refused to participate in a research project because of ethics reporting requirements? (Please describe briefly)

Have you ever curtailed a research project, changed the goals of a research project or refused to participate in a research project because of ethics reporting requirements? (Please describe briefly)

5. Have you ever knowingly violated university or funding body ethics requirements or been tempted to do so? (explain briefly)

Have you ever knowingly violated university or funding body ethics requirements or been tempted to do so? (explain briefly)

6. Have the ethics requirements of your university, funding body or other human subjects review led to conflict with research design? Please describe.

Have the ethics requirements of your university, funding body or other human subjects review led to conflict with research design? Please describe.

7. Are you required to obtain documented informed consent for research participants?

Are you required to obtain documented informed consent for research participants? consent must be documented in written form

consent must be documented but may be oral

consent must be obtained but need not be documented

no consent required

8. Describe the type of work you do (check all that apply)

Describe the type of work you do (check all that apply) ethnographic fieldwork

experimental fieldwork

elicitation

participant observation

translation

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9. Please provide the country of your place of work.

Please provide the country of your place of work. Country:

10. Anything else you'd like to add?

Anything else you'd like to add?

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Survey on fieldwork and ethics review

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1. Did your last fieldwork require Human Subjects approval?

2. Who was required to approve your research? [choose all applicable]

3. How much time did you spend applying for research approval?

4. Have you ever curtailed a research project, changed the goals of a research project or refused to participate in a research project because of ethics reporting requirements? (Please describe briefly)

5. Have you ever knowingly violated university or funding body ethics requirements or been tempted to do so? (explain briefly)

6. Have the ethics requirements of your university, funding body or other human subjects review led to conflict with research design? Please describe.

7. Are you required to obtain documented informed consent for research participants?

8. Describe the type of work you do (check all that apply)

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9. Please provide the country of your place of work.

10. Anything else you'd like to add?

Fieldwork EthicsExit this survey

Survey on fieldwork and ethics review

*1. Did your last fieldwork require Human Subjects approval?

2. Who was required to approve your research? [choose all applicable]

3. How much time did you spend applying for research approval?

4. Have you ever curtailed a research project, changed the goals of a research project or refused to participate in a research project because of ethics reporting requirements? (Please describe briefly)

5. Have you ever knowingly violated university or funding body ethics requirements or been tempted to do so? (explain briefly)

6. Have the ethics requirements of your university, funding body or other human subjects review led to conflict with research design? Please describe.

7. Are you required to obtain documented informed consent for research participants?

8. Describe the type of work you do (check all that apply)

*9. Please provide the country of your place of work.

10. Anything else you'd like to add?

Fieldwork Ethics
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1. Did your last fieldwork require Human Subjects approval?

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9. Please provide the country of your place of work.