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What is the difference between “confidentiality” and “anonymity”?

April 26, 2017anonymity confidentiality difference

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What is the difference between “confidentiality” and “anonymity”?

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‘Anonymity’ means that the researcher is not recording any information that potentially could identify people. ‘Confidentiality’ means that the research does have information that potentially could identify people, but that information is kept secure so that it will not be revealed to other people.