ABSTRACT
It is common knowledge that qualitative research uses methods that are different from those employed in quantitative studies. Some studies combine both of course and so we make a cautionary note at the beginning of the chapter that it is somewhat artificial to set out these two as competitors of some kind. It is true, however, that qualitative research may present a set of ethical challenges because of the closer relations between the researcher and researched. Given that methods impinge on ethical issues, it follows that there may be some differences in the ethical problems faced by the two sets of researchers.
