Research methods and ethics

Research methods and ethics

1. Scientific Misconduct

   • How to avoid misconduct: 1. Maintains integrity of all experiments and research. 2. Grant access to others to allow reproduction of the research. 3. Be honest. 4. Accurately publish the research and results. 5. Acknowledge the contribution of others. 6. Treat human participants fairly and ethically. 7. Take personal responsibility for the research.
   • Violation of standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research

2. Ethics are moral principles and rules of conduct that guide and constrain the behaviors of researchers

3. Design

   • Overall research strategy. Depends on researchers beliefs about scientific investigation as well as the nature of the phenomenon being studied

4. Methods

   • Specific ways of gathering information that is consistent with the research strategy