The total agreement technique (TTAT)

This technique ensures that all people in the research are in agreement with what has been proposed and what will be done as follows (1) permission to do the research or to be involved or associated has been granted by all those responsible, not just the university or organisation (2) ethics have been noted, discussed, resolved and agreed (3) consent from participants has been obtained in the preferred way – verbal, witnessed or written (4) agreement on data, results and what has to be published and how