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Literature Review: Primary Research and Ethics. Steven T. Varela Department of English University of Texas at El Paso. Goal of Literature Review. Synthesize and summarize research that relates to, answers, or connects to the research questions you developed.
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Literature Review: Primary Research and Ethics Steven T. Varela Department of English University of Texas at El Paso
Goal of Literature Review • Synthesize and summarize research that relates to, answers, or connects to the research questions you developed. • You are reporting on what (and explaining how) others are responding to those research questions.
Requirements • Need 7-10 research sources • At least one should be primary research (that you create), and the rest can be secondary research (already published)—make sure valid and reliable • One visual graph/chart/table • APA format • 3rd person voice
Samples • There are 2 samples of what a literature review looks like in “Additional Materials” • Please review and seek help from me or Writing Center if you need it!
Interviews • Interviews are a quick way of gathering perspectives towards an issue • Who should we seek interviews from? • Do they have to be face-to-face? • How many questions to ask?
Surveys • www.surveymonkey.com • Putting your results in a visual format using Microsoft Word
Primary Research and Ethics • IRB—Institutional Research Board • When dealing with other people in primary research, the highest level of ethics is required and expected.
Be Honest In the context of research, “honesty” implies more than avoiding falsehoods. It requires telling the truth to the best of your ability and being candid. Candor sometimes requires revealing embarrassing or complicated details that you would rather leave out or gloss over. It also requires being honest with yourself; self-deception is a real peril of research.
Be Fair Fairness applies to everyone – your students, your teachers, your co-workers, the humans or non-human animals who are the subjects of your research, your funding agency,the researchers who will build on your work – everyone. Give to each what is her or his due;accept only what is your due.
Do No Harm Never put any research subject or participant in harm’s way—”minimal risk” allowable. EX. Milgram’s Experiment’s on Authority Stanford Prison Experiment
Do Good Research! • Good research is useful, or interesting, or important, and well-designed. • Care about the validity of the research you put together and the research you use from others.
Ask Questions • When in doubt, ask those who know about research, or who can point you in a useful direction. • Librarians, professors, IRB on campus, and your classmates (some of them!)
Be Ethical Listen to the still, small voice of your conscience, especially when it is threatened to be overwhelmed by the loud, insistent voice of stress. If you ever think, “I can get away with his because no one will ever know the difference,” or, “no one will ever find out,” or “I don’t have any choice” – stop. These are red flags from your conscience. You are almost certainly contemplating doing something unethical.
