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Recommended: Researchers need to apply ethical principles to their studies

As part of my second semester at university examining research and its implications, I have been exploring numerous methodical case studies to illustrate my knowledge into selected research, regarding scepticism, validity as well as ethics. One of the case studies that I looked into was Goldacre (2009). Research can often be distorted presenting incorrect information that results in contradictions as well as altering the meaning of the conducted research. Therefore “seeking through methodical processes to add to one’s own body of knowledge and, hopefully, to that of others, by the discovery of non-trivial facts and insights” (Sharp, Peters and Howard, 2002).

Furthermore, through reflective learning into other research, I have understood the importance of validity. To illustrate, using the above article Goldacre (2009) in examining the validity as well as the ethical stance to this particular claim “the way you approach interviews and other research participants... handle your data....” are critical from an ethical standpoint (Davies 2007, pp. 44-6). Therefore, my realisation is that the duty of the researcher is to expose such allegations despite there being scarce scientific evidence. This is achieved in order to produce the truth behind research enabling awareness for those that believe this to be the case. According to British Educational Research Association (2004, p.12) it is vital that the research adheres to those guidelines specified by bera, otherwise research can result in the misconduct of “falsifying research evidence or findings. Since this has been the case for the above-mentioned article.

Moreover, through reflective learning into other research carried out using qualitative and quantitative data “Institute for ...

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