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Research Exam 1
Henrys Research Class Exam 1
Term | Definition |
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Justice | Treat peope fairly and to share the burdens/benefits of research equally. |
Declaration of Helsinki | Reinterpretation of the Nuremberg Code regarding medical research with therapeutic intent. |
Belmont Report | Publication by the National Commission that described the need for respect for persons, beneficence and justice while performing research. |
National Commission of the Protection of Human Subjects | A panel formed by Congress that enacted the National Research Act and federal regulations that describes the protection of human subjects. |
Beneficience | Do no harm by maximizing benefits and minimizing risks |
Respect for persons | To treat people as autonomous agents and to allow people to choose for themselves. |
Nuremburg Code | Developed after the sentencing of Nazi physicians and scientists. |
Tradition | To do what has been done before. |
Trial and Error | Performing an experiment to see if it works or doesn't work. |
Inductive Reasoning | When given data, on ce develop a general principle or theory. |
Deductive Reasoning | When given a general principle (theory), one can predict future observations. |
Authority | Gaining knowledge from a person in power. |
Scientific Method | Probability is used to determine whether a phenomenon can be generalized or is simply due to chance |
Exempt from Review | A research protocol that involves very little to no risk such as surveys or medical chart reviews and be submitted under this category. |
Expedited | A research protocol of human subjects that does not involve vulnerable subjects and has only minimal risks is reviewed only by the IRB committee chair. |
Full Review | A research protocol that involves human sujects is reviewed at the IRB committee meeting to determine if human rights are protected. |
Noncompliance | An action by a member of the research team that disregards federal regulations by violating human rights. |
Amendments | During the IRB review process, the IRB may have the investigator make edits to the protocol to ensure that human rights are being protected. |
Continuing Review | If a research protocol takes longer than a year to collect data, the IRB may need to perform this type of review to ensure that human right are still being protected. |
Results | Phase that includes collecting and analyzing data. |
Methods | Includes research design, instrumentation, and the data collection techniques. |
Hypothesis | Will include predictions of what you think will happen in the study. |
Introduction | Includes the research question, hypothesis and theoryl |
Research Question | The problem you want to solve. |
Theory | The rationale that supports your hypothesis. |
Hypothesis | Short statement that describes your beliefs of what the conclusions will be |
Answerable | A question that can be answered using the scientific method. |
Feasible | Study that can be performed according to your time table and financial resources. |
Rejection Criteria | Criteria established prior to the study for either accepting or rejecting the hypothesis. |
Problem Statement | Focuses the study and should be important, answerable and feasible. |
Deductive Reasoning | Based on your theory, you can develop a hypothesis. |
Insufficient Acknowledgement | Noting only a small part of what is borrowed so that a reader cannot know exactly what is original and what is not. |
Paraphrase Plagiarism | Restating a phrase or paragraph so that although the words differ, the meaning is the same and the author is not credited. |
Plagiarism | Taking the idea or work of another and passign it off as one's own. |
Falsification | Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record. |
Direct quote | Exact transcription of text from a source and using quotation marks. |
Scientific Misconduct | Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results |
Direct Plagiarism | Lifting passages word for word without placing the material in quotation marks or crediting the author. |
Mosiac Plagiarism | Borrowing ideas from an original source by using a few word for word phrases woven into one's own work without crediting the original author. |
Indirect Quote | Paraphrasing a source or puting a source into your own words but still citing the source |
Fabrication | Making up data or results and recording or reporting them. |
Qualitative Research | Obtains data through the use of open-ended questions, interviews and observations. |
Experimental Research | Controls variables in order to determine cause and effect relationships. |
Applied Research | Category that includes the majority of clinical research. |
Descriptive Research | Attempts to describe a group's characteristics using questionnaires, interviews or direct observations. |
Basic Research | Knowledge is gained without stating its practical use. |
Explaratory Reserach | Used to understand the epidemiology of diseases. |
Quantitative Research | Collected data is in the form of numerical values. |