Role and Importance of Ethics in Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Sibongile Simelane-Mnisi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Ethical Analysis ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Know How ◽  
Ethics In Research

Ethics relate to the manner in which a researcher treats participants in the research study. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss and explain the role and the importance of ethics in educational research. Firstly, an explanation of ethics is presented. This is followed by the discussion on the importance of ethics in research. Thereafter, a framework for ethical analysis is presented. Furthermore, the important role that needs to be considered when conducting a research is provided. Reference is made to the target university's ethics processes and procedures for the qualification purposes. It may be concluded that for every research study to be conducted, it is important to follow the ethics in order for the researcher to know how to treat and conduct the participants in the research. It is recommended that researchers protect the interests of vulnerable groups throughout the research process.

Is the Way Forward to Step Back? Documenting the Frequency with which Study Goals are Misaligned with Study Methods and Interpretations in the Epidemiologic Literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina L Kezios
Keyword(s):  
Variable Selection ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Study Methods ◽  
Selection Approach ◽  
The Way

Abstract In any research study, there is an underlying research process that should begin with a clear articulation of the study’s goal. The study’s goal drives this process; it determines many study features including the estimand of interest, the analytic approaches that can be used to estimate it, and which coefficients, if any, should be interpreted. “Misalignment” can occur in this process when analytic approaches and/or interpretations do not match the study’s goal; misalignment is potentially more likely to arise when study goals are ambiguously framed. This study documented misalignment in the observational epidemiologic literature and explored how the framing of study goals contributes to its occurrence. The following misalignments were examined: 1) use of an inappropriate variable selection approach for the goal (a “goal-methods” misalignment) and 2) interpretation of coefficients of variables for which causal considerations were not made (e.g., Table 2 Fallacy, a “goal-interpretation” misalignment). A random sample of 100 articles published 2014-2018 in the top 5 general epidemiology journals were reviewed. Most reviewed studies were causal, with either explicitly stated (13/103, 13%) or associationally-framed (71/103, 69%) aims. Full alignment of goal-methods-interpretations was infrequent (9/103, 9%), although clearly causal studies (5/13, 38%) were more often fully aligned than seemingly causal ones (3/71, 4%). Goal-methods misalignments were common (34/103, 33%), but most frequently, methods were insufficiently reported to draw conclusions (47/103, 46%). Goal-interpretations misalignments occurred in 31% (32/103) of studies and occurred less often when the methods were aligned (2/103, 2%) compared with when the methods were misaligned (13/103, 13%).

scholarly journals LA ÉTICA EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Eddy Javier Paz Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
Face Complex ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
Normative Foundations

La ética en la investigación educativa constituye un factor fundamental que debe ser considerado para la realización de estudios que incluyan la participación de diversos sujetos. Los investigadores deben enfrentarse a escenarios complejos y cumplir con una serie de pautas nacionales e internacionales que tienen como propósito respetar los derechos de las personas que se someten al proceso de investigación en el ámbito educativo. Por esta razón, existen los instrumentos internacionales y tienen como elementos primordiales los principios éticos que incluyen consideraciones sobre la persona, para impedir que sea un simple objeto estudiado. Sin embargo, en la actividad indagativa se presentan diferentes problemas éticos que están relacionados con los participantes, el incorrecto uso de la investigación, el investigador, el plagio y la utilización de datos falsos. En relación al acto ético en la investigación educativa, los educadores han de efectuar responsablemente sus estudios sin perjudicar a ningún ser humano. El objetivo de este trabajo de revisión bibliográfica, es describir la importancia de la ética en la investigación educativa.   Palabras clave: ética de la investigación, investigación educativa, principios éticos. ABSTRACT Ethics in educational research is a fundamental factor that should be considered for the realization ofstudies that include the participation of diverse subjects. Researchers must face complex scenarios andcomplete it with a series of national and international guidelines that are intended to respect the rightsof people who undergo the research process specifically in the field of education. For this reason, thereare international instruments and their main elements are ethical principles that include considerationsabout the person, to prevent it from being a simple object studied. However, in the inquiry activity thereare different ethical problems that are related to the participants, the incorrect use of the research, theresearcher, the plagiarism and the use of false data. In relation to the ethical act in educational research,educators must responsibly conduct their studies without harming any human being. The results affirmthat the ethics applied to the research in education provides to the investigators theoretical,methodological and normative foundations on the moral to achieve the development of the inquiringprocess in a coherent way. The objective of this work of bibliographical review is to describe theimportance of the ethics in educational research.

scholarly journals PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM PAI DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
Ahmad Dhaifi
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Know How ◽  
Data Collecting ◽  
K 13 ◽  
Research Show ◽  
Book Study

This research study exhaustively regarding owth of curriculum in Indonesia. This research aim to to know how far growth of curriculum in Indonesia start from pra-independenting till now. This research use book study method. Data collecting conducted with documentation study technique. Result of this research show growth of curriculum in Indonesia at education domain specially very signifikan, come up with curriculum 2013 (K-13) very orienting at realizing education with character, creating education with vision of local and also create education which is pure and fraternize.

scholarly journals “I’ll Tell You What You Need to Know.” How Respondents Negotiate the Sense of Meaning- Making—Methodological Reflections from the Field Based on Ethnographic Study of Lesbian Parenting in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-139
Author(s):  
Magdalena Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Know How ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Lesbian Parenting ◽  
Shed Light

The aim of this paper is to shed light on how various interactional and interpretational contexts arising from specific researcher—research participants relationship established in the course of doing ethnographic study on sensitive, and thus often enough resistant to immediate cognition, phenomenon, namely, lesbian parenting in Poland, as well as different ways of embracing these, may factor into the research process. Drawing on specific dilemmas I encountered while doing the study at hand—from engaging a hard-to-reach population that, in a sense, wished to be reached, and the consequences thereof; through being pushed out of the comfort zone as the women under study, in the wake of becoming acquainted with the analysis I offered, “switched” from narrating their “in-orderto motives” to reflecting on the “because motives” behind their actions; to contextualizing emotions arising as my response to experiencing the issues they face (on a daily basis), to name a few—my goal here is to discuss how different ways of collecting and analyzing data—in the context of developing rapport with the women under study—have had an impact on conceptualizing and (re)framing the data at hand.

Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism, and White Supremacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 153270862110604
Author(s):  
Penny A. Pasque ◽  
Lori D. Patton ◽  
Joy Gaston Gayles ◽  
Mark Anthony Gooden ◽  
Malik S. Henfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Racial Equity ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
Women Educational Leaders

We explore “ Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism, and White Supremacy” to engage scholars in thinking about and reflecting on what it means to conduct qualitative research from a standpoint that honors Black lives in the research process while also disrupting racism and white supremacy. First, we unapologetically take up topics including engaging “diversity” in qualitative research, interrogating the etic perspective in the “new” focus on race, using critical perspectives to inform research and practice, examining the racialization of positionality, focusing on Black women educational leaders, and engaging schools and communities. Next, we engage in dialogue with each other to push ourselves—and you/the reader—to think more deeply about the serious and potentially dangerous implications of our research decisions. Given the unprecedented historical present we are all experiencing in our lifetime, we are committed to shifting the landscape of qualitative research as well as using research to shift our sociopolitical context toward racial equity and justice.

scholarly journals A Framework for Conducting Critical Dialectical Pluralist Focus Group Discussions Using Mixed Research Techniques

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie ◽  
Rebecca K. Frels
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
New Type

<p>Although focus group discussions (FGDs) represent a popular data collection tool for researchers, they contain an extremely serious flaw: FGD researchers have ultimate power over all decisions made at every stage of the research process—from the conceptualization of the research, to the planning of the research study, to the implementation of the research study, to the dissemination of FGD findings. Yet, exercising 100% control over all decisions in FGD research can be detrimental for some participants, especially for under-represented, underserved, and marginalized populations. Thus, in this article, we introduce a new type of participant-directed FGD, which we call a <em>critical dialectical pluralist FGD</em>, wherein participants are maximally empowered to make decisions at every stage of the mixed research process. We outline the stages of critical dialectical pluralist FGDs and provide a real-life example of this approach.</p>

Quantitative, Qualitative or Mixed Research: Which Research Paradigm to Use?

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Kamel Khaldi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The One ◽  
Research Students ◽  
Research Types ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Research students usually encounter great difficulties in setting up a viable research project mainly because, on the one hand they lack familiarity with the philosophical underpinnings of major paradigms used in educational research: quantitative, qualitative or mixed, and on the other hand , they do not associate the corresponding research types with these paradigms : experimental, non experimental for the former, and interactive or non interactive for the second and the for the latter whether it is explanatory or exploratory, in addition to the importance of triangulation in any research study . These paradigms determine not only the formulation of the problem chosen for research and the associated research questions or hypothesis but also and more importantly, the sampling procedure as well as the selection of the appropriate research tools and the way the collected data is analysed and discussed. This survey of the major paradigms in educational research and their implications for the design of any research study will hopefully provide them with the necessary guidance to approach their research project with more confidence et more efficiency.

scholarly journals The imf and Protection of Vulnerable Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-243
Author(s):  
Viljam Engström
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Present Article ◽  
International Monetary Fund ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Know How ◽  
The International Monetary Fund ◽  
The Imf

The concept of vulnerability serves to focus protection on those most in need. While prominent in human rights law, protection of vulnerable groups is also increasingly invoked by international economic/financial actors such as the International Monetary Fund (imf). The present article explores how vulnerability enters imf policymaking. The article looks for points of contact of imf practice, with a human rights-based conception of vulnerability. The aim of the article is not to revisit the discussion on human rights accountability of the imf. Instead, the article seeks to identify and analyse the function of vulnerability in the policy-making of the Fund. The protection of vulnerable groups, the article claims, is gradually constituted as part of the law of the imf. For this reason alone, it is of importance to know how vulnerability enters imf policy-making and whom the imf considers vulnerable. Moreover, the imf also becomes a source for the identification of vulnerable groups.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Assessment of Graduate Student Research Behavior and the Impact of Attending a Library Literature Review Workshop

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 532-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Gascho Rempel
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Single Path ◽  
Graduate Student Research

This article discusses findings from a longitudinal research study that examined the way graduate students carry out the literature review and how they were impacted by attending a library literature review workshop. The literature review research process serves as an important gateway for graduate students into their scholarly communities’ practices and can be a logical place for librarians to offer assistance. This study was carried out to gain insights into the ways librarians can better meet graduate students’ needs to shape the services offered to graduate students. Findings reveal a lack of a single path through the literature review research process, but they do indicate that attending a literature review workshop can have long-term benefits.

Muddling Through the Passage of Qualitative Research: Experiences of a Novice Researcher

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Research Experiences

The article is written as a travelogue by the author while exploring the passage of qualitative research in her maiden independent research work—her dissertation. The author describes in the article how her journey of qualitative research took shape right from the take-off point: the choice of topic and methodology to the data collection, analysis and presentation of the findings. The article also throws light on the various experiences of the researcher during the journey including the issues and challenges faced by her in different stages of the study like the research proposal stage, data collection stage and the data analysis stage. The objective of the article is to familiarize the qualitative researchers, who are currently at the beginner stage, with the possible issues and pitfalls of qualitative research process. For that the author has used her own experiences to explain the nuances of the process. In the article, the author also highlights that irrespective of the challenges faced in the process how the research study helped her in developing herself as a better researcher and a wiser person, making her efforts fruitful and providing her a sense of achievement.

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