Protecting Student Anonymity in Research Using a Subject-Generated Identification Code

Within nursing education research, protection of students as human subjects must be the highest priority. This protection can be provided via student anonymity. A subject-generated identification code, comprised of responses to a series of questions, can link data across time points while protecting...

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Vydané v:Journal of professional nursing Ročník 35; číslo 2; s. 120 - 123
Hlavní autori: Lippe, Megan, Johnson, Bailey, Carter, Patricia
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2019
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Education, nursing
Nursing education research
Research personnel
Research subjects
Students
Research subjects
Education, nursing
Students
Research personnel
Nursing education research
ISSN:8755-7223, 1532-8481, 1532-8481
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Shrnutí:Within nursing education research, protection of students as human subjects must be the highest priority. This protection can be provided via student anonymity. A subject-generated identification code, comprised of responses to a series of questions, can link data across time points while protecting student anonymity. Two studies, focused on palliative care education, used a subject-generated identification code to link student data across multiple time points. Refinements to the code were made between studies to further enhance anonymity and response consistency. The subject-generated identification code fostered linking of student responses across three time points in study one and two time points in study two. There are many benefits to utilizing a subject-generated identification code in nursing education studies. Researchers must consider the need for a data management expert and balancing transposition errors and the power to differentiate between responses. •Educational research with students risks power differentials.•Protection of student anonymity can mitigate the power differential.•A subject-generated identification code facilitates anonymous student survey completion.•Data can still be linked across time points.•Educational researchers should use subject-generated identification codes in research.
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ISSN:8755-7223
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DOI:10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.09.006