ABSTRACT
Irrespective of the mode in which it is performed, interpreting may be regarded as a socially situated action and therefore lends itself particularly well to methods borrowed from the social sciences, the discipline from which interpreting studies has adopted most of its methodologies. Some research projects use more than a single research method. The use of multiple research methods in order to address a research question is referred to as triangulation. Surveys are an instrument used to collect information, usually but not necessarily in the form of a questionnaire, about a well-defined population. A survey provides a quantitative or numeric description of attitudes, opinions or trends within a population by surveying a sample of that population. Research ethics cover two main areas: honesty and personal integrity of researchers, and their ethical responsibility towards the subjects of research. Research ethics is not an issue that features explicitly or prominently in published research on interpreting studies.
