[Air-L] consent form for email exchanges

Elena Razlogova elena.razlogova at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 11:11:19 PST 2012


Dear list members,

What are the rules and practices on filling out consent forms for interviews that are done online or over email?

Most of the interviews I'm doing for my research will be conducted in-person, with a standard consent form to sign. However, some of my interviewees may be more comfortable with an email exchange rather than a personal interview. In that case, instead of sending them the form to sign, scan, and email me back, I would like to include the consent form in the email together with my questions, for them to fill out and return by hitting reply, but without the signature.

Is that an accepted practice? What are the rules on this?

Thank  you,
Elena

Elena Razlogova
Concordia University, Montreal
http://elenarazlogova.org


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