Ethical Considerations for Discrete Choice Experiments with Caregiving
Populations
- Judy Illes,
- Ashley Lawson,
- Patrick McDonald
Abstract
We discuss challenges experienced with a discrete choice experiment
where the lack of sufficient responses to power analysis may have been
due to the vulnerability of the population, added caregiving burdens
imposed by the pandemic, and an imbalance of benefit-to-load of
participation. We also address considerations for the paradigm where the
necessarily few testable attributes may limit cultural meaningfulness
and generalizability, and bring into question principles of research
ethics.