Ethics
Paradigms
Terms
Methodology
Evaluation & Knowledge Use
100

What is not one of the three complementary core principles that serve as a guide to ethical research involving human participants

What is scientific rigour

100

This paradigm emphasizes objective measurement, neutrality, and hypothesis testing

What is the Positivist paradigm

100

This term refers to the role of values in research.

What is Axiology

100

This refers to the overall strategy or approach that guides how research is conducted and how data are collected and analyzed

What is methodology

100

This type of evaluation happens at the end of a program to determine overall effectiveness.

What is Summative evaluation

200

These are the general principles of consent in research ethics.

What are voluntary, informed, and ongoing

200

This research paradigm is most concerned with exposing power, oppression, and inequality.

What is the Critical paradigm

200

This term refers to beliefs about the nature of reality and what is considered true.

What is Ontology

200

This approach focuses on subjective experiences and interpretations of a phenomenon.

What is Narrative

200

In evaluation, operationalized definitions refer to this

What is defining concepts clearly so they can be measured

300

This principle of consent means participants can withdraw from research at any time

What is voluntary participation

300

This refers to a set of beliefs about reality, knowledge, values, and research practice.

What is a research paradigm

300

This term refers to beliefs about knowledge—how we know what we know and what counts as evidence.

What is Epistemology

300

This approach describes and interprets shared cultural behaviour of a group.

What is Ethnography

300

This describes the difference between outcomes and impact

What is outcomes are immediate change, impact is long-term change

400

This distinguishes Indigenous research ethics from Western research ethics

What is priority on community involvement and reciprocity

400

This paradigm is best summarized by the phrase “What works in this situation?”

What is Pragmatism

400

This term refers to the overall strategy used to study reality and generate knowledge.

What is methodology

400

This approach analyzes the lived experiences of individuals or groups

What is Phenomenology

400

This type of evaluation happens early and is used to improve the program before full launch.

What is Formative evaluation

500

This TCPS 2 principle emphasizes minimizing risks and maximizing benefits for participants.

What is Concern for welfare

500

This paradigm assumes reality is socially constructed and shaped by lived experience

What is the Constructivist (Interpretivist) paradigm

500

This is what the acronym OCAP stands for

What is Ownership, Control, Access, Possession

500

This approach generates theory from data collected during research

What is Grounded Theory

500

This type of evaluation occurs during program operation and examines how the program is delivered

What is Process evaluation