Ethics is applied to collection data and data analysis in the
following manner:
- Population from the data is
collected should know the purpose of the research, that is no
deception should be used while collecting data, and their
permission is required. This called informed consent, which is a
must for an ethical data collection.
- The method of data collection and
analysis must be most economic, that the funds should be used
appropriately.
- The purpose of the data collection
and data analysis should be for the welfare of the society and
people.
- A formal permission from the
concerned governmental or research agency should be acquired, and
under their guidelines should the data be collected and
analyzed.