Research Ethics

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Research Ethics

• Are there limits that should be placed on primary
  research?

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Outcomes

• 1.3 analyze a variety of appropriate sociological
  research methods
• 1.4 design and conduct a sociological research
  project, independently or collaboratively, using
  methods appropriate to sociology

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Review

• What is research?
• How many kinds of research are there?
• One of these kinds can be broken into two types.
  What are they?
• What is the difference between quantitative and
  qualitative research?

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Is it possible to have fun with research?

• McGill Dances for Cancer Research Lipdub

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Key TermsWrite these somewhere!

• Ethics Ethics, also known as moral philosophy,
  is a branch of philosophy that addresses
  questions about morality that is, concepts such
  as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and
  vice.
• Unethical A conscience decision to break with
  ethics or sound judgement for some sort of
  personal or group gain.
• Unconditional Positive Regard This is an idea
  from psychotherapy that has leaked into the
  remaining social sciences. It holds that all
  people are treated with kindness and dignity
  based on their value as humans, regardless of
  their actions or behaviour.

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Unethical Research Methods
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Signs of Unethical ResearchThese too!

• Academic Fraud
• Involuntary Participation
• False Incentive
• Deception
• Plagiarism
• Uninformed consent

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What can happen if these signs of unethical
research were left unguarded by the academic
community?(Note at least three)

• Top 10 Unethical Research

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Sociology 12 with Welcher is designed as a
community.

• What does that mean?

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Sociology 12 WelcherEthical Research Test!

• Primary research involving humans must meet the
  following criteria!

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In Sociology 12 with Welcher we agree that
research mustWhen we have a final list note
it!