Is that ethical? An exploration of political scientists’ views on research ethics

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What do political scientists think about research ethics? What research practices do they find acceptable? Using a survey conducted with the American Political Science Association, we explore perceptions of ethics among 362 political scientists. We find that political scientists do not place much relative weight on ethics when evaluating research. We do, however, find that researchers view different modes of inquiry as having different potential harms. Furthermore, using a conjoint experiment, we find that factors like author affiliation, study location, method, and sample size shape evaluations of study ethicality. Our results contribute to the growing body of metascience by expanding understanding of ethics in political science research.

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Costa, M., Crabtree, C., Holbein, J. B., & Landgrave, M. (2023). Is that ethical? An exploration of political scientists’ views on research ethics. Research and Politics, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231209553

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