consent

is permission given by a participant to a researcher: to provide documents, to be observed, to be interviewed, and so forth.

Consent is seen as an ethical issue in research with people, and generally it is expected that voluntary, informed, consent is obtained before a study commences

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith