Secondary data analysis typically is not associated with the ethical issues common to the study of human subjects, but there are ethical concerns. In the following quote, Fligstein et al. (2017) describe one of the three sources of data in their housing consumption research. “We take advantage of the PSID Consumption Expenditure Data Files that began in 1999 and include measures of monthly expenditures for housing.” (p. 4). What ethical issue unique to secondary data is most evident in this example?
a. cite the original, principal investigators
b. subject confidentiality
c. concern for data quality
d. political concerns intersect with ethical practice
e. all of these
