WorksheetsNursing Research Ethics & Research Process
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
The two important components of research responsibility are: sincerity in work and avoiding
Plagiarism
Writing the thesis
Research techniques
Confidentiality
Which of the following options most appropriately explains ‘Research Ethics’?
It states how to write a research report flawlessly.
It gives the methodology of researching within social norms
It governs the prevention of plagiarism
It provides a common set of dos and don’ts of conducting an ethical research
Which of the following factors make the compliance of research ethics difficult?
Societal norms
Respect for confidentiality
Lack of Checks
Self-check
Research emerges from the societal problems and the observation of a researcher.
True
False
In the capacity of a researcher, how can you solve the problems that exist in the society?
Eradicate unethical people from the society.
Request the research institute to form a body of members for solving the problems.
Participate in the activities of a suitable NGO to help in fighting the problems.
None of the above.
Standard research ethics changes from person to person.
True
False
The final aim of every research is a
Ethical research
Research report
Sponsorship
Future research
Ethics can be defined as:
A process of reasoning in terms of the right thing to do.
Rules governing society.
The basis of the criminal code.
A list of rights and wrongs.
Integrity and transparency are fundamental:
Issues in business.
Requirements in research.
Ethical principles in research.
Methodologies in research.
A guarantee of confidentiality is:
Always required by proper ethical standards in research.
Essential for every participant in a research project.
A guarantee that some information will remain confidential and will not be disclosed.
Only given under duress.
The principle of informed consent is:
Of little use in business research.
Essential to the relationship between the researcher and the research project.
A key ethical concern.
A key data gathering method.
There are potential risks and harms in:
Every stage of the research process.
Some research projects.
Some research projects that engage with human populations.
Research projects that engage with human populations.
How is random sampling helpful?
Reasonably accurate
An economical method of data collection
Free from personal biases
All of the above
Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
Searching sources of information to locate problem.
Survey of related literature
Identification of problem
Searching for solutions to the problem
There are how many phases in research process?
3
5
3
7
step 5 of research process is
Literature review
Construct hypothesis
Data Collection
Conduct study
Why are ethical issues important in research?
They will help me pass the assignment
They indicate what the researcher ought to do and how they should treat people
They help the researcher write up their research
They indicate that all people are very sensitive
What is an ethics committee?
People who like to talk a lot
A group of people who think about hypothetical research
A group of experienced people who are useful to draw on when writing a proposal as an optional extra
A group of experienced people who will consider a research proposal and the degree to which ethical issues have been considered appropriately
In research, what is a ‘gatekeeper’?
A nursery manager
A parent
The person who opens the gate to a nursery each morning
Anyone whose permission must be sought before undertaking research
Ethics in research lays the bounds of discipline for a researcher.
Yes
No
Following standard research ethics is the sole responsibility of the Institute.
True
False
Where a researcher publishes previously published material by himself, it is not plagiarism.
True
False
Sample is a representative unit of the population. Is this statement true or false?
True
False
Principle of beneficence means
No benefits
Benefit to researcher
Benefit to organisation
Benefits to partcipants
An intervention in a research study is
an independent variable
a dependent variable
an attribute variable
a confounding variable
