Explain the different connotations of the following terms for the people in your research: subject, respondent, informant, and collaborator.

Answers will vary, but the text describes the following. Traditionally, researchers used the term "subjects," with the connotation of an omniscient white-coated professional observing an acquiescent group of human subjects in the cause of a greater good. "Informant" and "collaborator" may have negative connotations outside research, but within it both terms recognize that researchers would be nowhere without the information provided by research participants. "Participant" recognizes the active and voluntary role that research participants play in making research possible.