Accessibility, researcher training, and sampling: A care-ful approach
A response to “Why should I care? Research ethics in the field of adult L2 literacy”
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research ethics, questionable research practices, research methodsAbstract
In this contribution, we argue that our research should matter to the people we collect data from. This requires us to consider how we publish our results, how we educate scholars within our community, and how we sample from various populations.
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