Question

Describe one significant difference between white coat effects and reflexivity in social research. Offer one reason why awareness of white coat effects is important. Offer one reason why reflexivity is important.

Answer 1

• difference between white coat effects and reflexivity in social research is;

White Coat Effect is the effects that researchers have on the very processes and relationships they are studying by virture of just being there.

Reflexivity in social research is the analyzing and critically considering our own role in, and the effect on, our research.

• important of white coat effect;

It helps employee in the organization to conform with the organization's policy.

• important of reflexivity;

Reflexivity is as an approach that promotes critical awareness of how knowledge is created.

Answer 2

Explanation: Reflexivity is the process by which the researcher reflects upon the data collection and interpretation process while white coat effect is defined as the transient elevation of office blood pressure induced by the alerting response to a doctor or a nurse. WCE can occur in both normotensive and hypertensive persons; and is not substantially influenced by reassurance and familiarisation. They are both important

Reflexivity is important in qualitative research because there are so many ways in which researcher bias could affect a study which starts from the creation of data, gathering of data, collection of the data, analysing and reporting the outcome.