Wonder Demo:
Research
What is Research?
Research is when you gather information to learn more about a topic. The catch with research is that it can also be used to learn more about a certain topic. There are different types of ways to do research. But what are those ways?
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One way to research is to base it off of pure observation! Observation is used to describe!
Different ways to observe are:
Surveys
Case Studies
Naturalistic Observation
And more!
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Another way to research is through correlation! Correlations can predict and show the relationship between two separate variables!
One example of correlation is that there are statistics out there showing that people who ate frosted flakes when they were younger are half as likely to get cancer. But you have to ask yourself: "Where exactly is the correlation? How do they relate?" There are many factors to consider when doing correlation-based research!
The last method of research is _experiments!
Experiments can give you the best definite results, but the draw back is how long it can take to do experiments. Experiments are all about cause and effect!
One other big factor is whether the experiment is ethical or sane!
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What are these said factors? Positive and Strong? Negative and Weak? ↓
When does an experiment start to become "unethical"? ↓
Lets start with our positive and negatives!
Positives in correlation research is when one variable increases, the other one also increases!
An example of this is when temperatures get hotter, kidnappings get higher! But wait, where did I get this info from?
This is where "weak" correlation comes in! Just because two things might happen at the same time, it doesn't mean that they have a cause-and-effect relationship.
A negative correlation in research means when one variable increases, the other one decreases! For example, when the seasons turn to spring, it starts to rain more! This is also a good example for strong correlation!
"Strong" correlation is when the cause-and-effect relationship is very obvious and actually relate to one another. Strong correlation relationships can also be proven easily with facts! (Some common sense too)
Lets go back! There is more to talk about! ↓
Experiments start to be considered unethical once they start to cause harm! There are many different types of harm, these being:
Physical Harm (example being cutting someone)
Psychological Harm (example being causing someone anxiety)
Social Harm (example being doxxing)
Legal Harm (example being accidents)
To avoid unethical experiments, an ethics code was made! The code is APA Ethics code created in 2010! The APA ethics code states the following:
◦Beneficence and nonmaleficence:
Avoid harm
Make sure benefits far outweigh harm
◦Fidelity and responsibility
Researchers should behave in a trustworthy manner
Consent must be informed and truly voluntary
◦Integrity
Researchers should conduct valid research and not falsify
data or misrepresent findings.
◦Justice
Benefits of research should be shared with all.
◦Respect
Subjects should have informed consent
Right to privacy
Now that we know all of this information, lets start to ask the big and important question. What is considered unethical?
The reason I ask this question today is because I am curious the "what" to morality, rather than the "when." Morals do all tie back to society, as people tend to copy each other to "fit in." But then what about the people that don't care about fitting in? Are their morals wrong because they dont actively try and fit into society? Or do they not actively try and fit into society because their morals are "wrong?" Morals all ties back to opinions, that are easily influenced by others. But what do you think?
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