Research Ethics UGC NET Research Aptitude Questions and Answers
Q1➡|Research Ethics A research scholar while submitting his/her thesis, did not acknowledge in the preface the help and support of the respondents of the questionnaires used. This will be called an instance of
i ➥ Lack of respect
ii ➥ Unethical act
iii ➥Wilful negligence
iv ➥Technical lapse
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Q2➡|Research Ethics Which of the following is a plagiarism checking website?
i ➥ http://www.grammarly.com
ii ➥ http://www.editorial.elsevier.com
iii ➥http://go.turnitin.com
iv ➥ i and iii
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Q3➡|Research Ethics The problem of ‘research ethics’ is concerned with which aspect of research activities ?
i ➥ Evidence based research reporting
ii ➥ Defining the population of research
iii ➥Data analysis through qualitative or quantitative techniques
iv ➥ Following the prescribed format of a thesis
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Q4➡|Research Ethics Good ‘research ethics’ means
i ➥Submitting the same research manuscript for publishing in more than one journal.
ii ➥ Discussing with your colleagues confidential data from a research paper that you are reviewing for an academic journal.
iii ➥ Assigning a particular research problem to one Ph.D./research student only.
iv ➥Not disclosing the holdings of shares/stocks in a company that sponsors your research
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Q5➡|Research Ethics Which of the following is susceptible to the issue of research ethics?
i ➥ Faulty research design
ii ➥ Choice of sampling technique
iii ➥ Reporting of research findings
iv ➥ Inaccurate application of statistical techniques
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Q6➡|Research Ethics A researcher uses parametric test in lieu of non-parametric test for analysis and interpretation of results. This may be described as a case of
i ➥ Unethical research practice
ii ➥ Malpractice in reporting of results
iii ➥ Technical lapse in handling data
iv ➥ Manipulation of research results
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Q7➡|Research Ethics The issue of ‘research ethics’ may be considered pertinent at which stage of research?
i ➥ At the stage of reporting the findings.
ii ➥ At the stage of data collection and interpretation
iii ➥At the stage of defining the population of research
iv ➥At the stage of problem formulation and its definition
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Q8➡|Research Ethics Ethical norms in research do not involve guidelines for:
i ➥ Data sharing policies
ii ➥ Patenting policy
iii ➥ Copyright
iv ➥ Thesis format
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Q9➡|Research Ethics From the following list of statement identify the set, which has negative implications for ‘research ethics ’: i. A researcher critically looks at the findings of another research. ii. Related studies are cited without proper references. iii. Research findings are made the basis for policymaking. iv. Conduct of practitioner is screened in terms of reported research evidences. v. A research study is replicated with a view to verify the evidences from other researches. vi. Both policy making and policy implementing processes are regulated in terms of preliminary studies.
i ➥ i, iii and v
ii ➥ ii, iv and vi
iii ➥ ii, iii and iv
iv ➥ i, ii and iii
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Q10➡|Research Ethics Research ethics has a direct connection more often with which stages of research?
i ➥ Deciding about statistical techniques and data analysis.
ii ➥ Defining the population and deciding the sampling technique for research.
iii ➥ Problem formulation and reporting of research findings.
iv ➥ Defining and delimiting the scope of research.
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Q11➡|Research Ethics Which one of the following belongs to the category of good ‘research ethics’?
i ➥ Including a colleague as an author on a research paper in return for a favor even though the colleague did not make a serious contribution to the paper.
ii ➥ Trimming outliers from a data set without discussing your reasons in a research paper.
iii ➥ Conducting a review of the literature that acknowledges the contributions of other people in the relevant field or relevant prior work.
iv ➥ Publishing the same paper in two research journals without telling the editors.
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Q12➡|Research Ethics Research ethics do not include
