Issues in Research Ethics Coercion extra credit social pressures Privacy Deception Physiology of cheating Discomfort or Harm Right to Service Experimental group gets beneficial treatment control group does not ID: 812642
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Slide1
Research Ethics
Please
read Chapters 4 and 5 in Martin.
Slide2Issues in Research Ethics
Coercion
$$$, extra credit, social pressures
Privacy
Deception
Physiology of cheating
Discomfort or Harm
Right to
Service
Experimental group gets beneficial treatment, control group does not.
Slide3Reducing Ethical Problems
Institutional Review Boards
Preserve participants’ anonymity
Obtain informed
consent
This might contaminate the data
And even create harm (medical students’ syndrome)
Reduce risk of harm when possible
Slide4Dehumanizing Language
“Subjects” or “Participants”
“Males & Females” or “Men and Women”
Words used to describe ethnic identity or sexual preference
What was appropriate yesterday might not be appropriate today
Slide5Demand Characteristics
Martin discusses this topic under ethics.
I think of it as a threat to validity.
Circumstances in the research situation may have unintended effects on the subjects’ behavior
Good Guy Effect
Screw You Effect
Rosenthal &
Fode
– read this article, please.
Slide6Plagiarism
Theft of another’s words
Paraphrase
and
cite
Do not quote frequently
“Self-Plagiarism
”
Theft of another’s ideas
My research with male & female deer mice
Slide7Other Problems
Fabricating Data
Rare but potentially very destructive
Simulation does have a role in science and in pedagogy.
Falsifying Credentials