KINE 2049 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Predatory Open Access Publishing, Impact Factor, Nuremberg Code
9 Nov 2017
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Reasons for references: to distinguish facts, speculations and questions to identify the source of facts to help locate reports in books or journals. Information retrieval: researchers assume that primary sources have been read/used: the problem with a secondary source is the transfer of bias, only use a secondary source if the original is no longer available. Sources of information: abstracts: reference books that give references and brief summary of research reports indexes: comprehensive list of authors and subjects in a field reviews: an evaluation/summary of research in a field. Evaluating information from the web: what to consider, authorship authority, publishing body, purpose, referral to other sources, verifiability, currency. Ethics: moral principles or practices: one is considered ethical if they conform to professional standards; or described as virtuous or honourable smallpox: used children unknowingly given cowpox. Ethics in research: nuremberg code 1947, guidelines to prevent atrocities in human research, nazi research.
