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next time. The correct answer is option 2. Barring exceptional
circumstances, you would not reveal the names and contact details of the
participants to each other. You may give the name of the person who
recommended the participant, if that person is known to them (provided you
had the consent of the recommending person first), and if you are using a
snowball sampling method, but there would be no justification for giving
out the names of ALL the participants in this case, just the mutual point
of contact, to establish your credibility. In some cases, it may be
appropriate and necessary to give the names of the participants to each
other, but you should only do this where you have the prior consent of
each person to do this. It is, of course, quite appropriate, and a key
part of the `informing process', to give out the researcher's name and
contact details, to describe the aims of the project (in lay terms) and to
tell participants how their data will be used. |
