Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Research methods

Ethical Guidelines for Research

Animal Research

  • Clear purpose
  • Treated in a humane way
  • Acquire animals legally
  • Least amount of suffering possible





Human Research

  • No coercion, must be voluntary
  • Informed consent
  • Anonymity
  • No significant risk
  • Must debrief


Case Study Detailed picture of one or few subjects

·        Great story; no cor-relational data - just descriptive. 



Survey Method Most common study; measures correlation; cheap and fast
·        Needs a good random sample; low response rate


Naturalistic Observation Watch subjects in their natural environment

3 comments:

  1. I believe most animal research does not follow the guidelines put in your blog. Some acquire animals illegally and put the animals through a lot of suffering.

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  2. The stranger assignment that we completed could be seen as naturalistic observation, could it not?

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  3. Personally, I believe animal research should not be allowed. They have no say in whether or not they want to be in the research at all.

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