Which of the following can be reassuring to a novice researcher ...

[Mr. Wonderful]

Which of the following can be reassuring to a novice researcher who has been asked to critique a research study?
 
  a. A critique is an opinion. If the novice understands the research process and thinks critically, he or she has as much right to an opinion as an expert.
  b. If the researcher conducting the study has completed many previous studies, the individual critiquing the study can assume a quality study.
  c. Much of the critique is based on supposition anyway, so the novice has as much expertise as anyone when it comes to writing one.
  d. Because no one can prove anything in research, but only support previous work, a novice researcher is as skillful as the expert.

Question 2

Which of the following would represent a failure to adhere to ethical standards in a qualitative study?
 
  a. Conducting the study after first obtaining permission from the IRB
  b. Continuing to question a subject about a traumatic incident after the subject begins to openly sob and asks to be excused
  c. Mentioning that subjects had the right to refuse to participate in the study
  d. Not including all the specific details of a study in the informed consent document

[ErinKing]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
A critique is an intellectual opinion statement; regardless of the educational or experience level of the writer.
Assuming that the study is a quality study would probably be intimidating, not encouraging.
The critique should be based on concrete information available in the research report.
Although this is true, it is not addressing the critique aspect of the question.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
There is a duty to protect from harmcontinuing to question could cause psychological harm to the subject.
Permission from the IRB is necessary with any study using human subjects.
As long as the subject is told that refusal is permitted, ethical standards are not violated.
Sometimes researchers cannot include every detail of the study in a qualitative study, but this does not violate ethical principles if the subjects are later debriefed.

[Mr. Wonderful]

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[ErinKing]

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