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DSOE557-18S Research Methods

   

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Running head: RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Research MethodologiesName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Article Summary..............................................................................................................................3Research Procedures........................................................................................................................4Ethical Considerations.....................................................................................................................5Ethical Gaps in the concerned article..............................................................................................5Ethical Issues presented in the article..............................................................................................6Implications of the issues as ethical challenges...............................................................................7Ethical Challenges: Belmont Report...............................................................................................7Reflection.........................................................................................................................................9Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10References......................................................................................................................................11
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2RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Introduction The term “Research” in its broad sense, refers to the practice of exploring into concernedareas of interest and studying the materials and relevant sources regarding the concerned area inorder to find out new facts and to establish new assertions and conclusions. Research is a crucialpart of any genre of education, especially higher education and over the years, both of these haveundergone significant dynamics and have become more integrated and complementary to oneanother (Gay & Mills, 2015). Research is one of the primary components in any stream of exploration, particularly insocial sciences. The main purpose of this domain of research is to explore and investigatedifferent aspects of the human behavior. Social science being mainly the study of behavioralaspects of individuals, the research framework in this genre of behavioral science is mainly usedto study the behaviors and actions taken by concerned individuals on the topics or phenomena ofconcern. Thus, research in educational and social science aspects is highly linked directly to theindividual’s perception and actions, thereby keeping high scopes and avenues of directinteractions with the subjects for the researchers in this domain (Neuman, 2013). In conducting any kind of research, one of the primary categories, which have to besatisfied by the researchers, especially in the contemporary period, is the ethical considerationsin conducting the concerned research. The term “ethics” in the aspect of social research, refers toa structure of regulations and guidelines, which exists to make the research efficient andproductive, keeping the integrity of the research, the researcher as well as the other direct andindirect participants maintained. This is especially mandatory for those researchers who directlydepend on interactions with live subjects (mostly humans), in order to ensure that to fulfill the
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3RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES requirements of the research, the researcher does not compromise the welfare and dignity of hisor her subjects (Resnik, 2015). Keeping this need for ethics in social science and educationalresearch in concern, the paper tries to study the different ethical aspects present in social scienceresearch framework, how they are followed and the limitations of the same, taking reference toan article. The article, which has been considered for the purpose of analyzing the ethicalconsiderations in the educational and social science research, is a peer reviewed article on theimpact of bullying in the childhood on the health, wealth and crime in the adult age and thesocial outcome of the same. Article Summary The article, named “Impact of Bullying in Childhood on Adult Health, Wealth, Crimeand Social Outcomes”, had been published in the Psychological Science Journal of the NationalInstitute of health. The main objective of the article can be seen to be of exploring theimplications of one of the social problems of bullying. The term “bullying” in its broad sensemeans exerting force or superiority for the purpose of intimidating the people who are weak orare at a comparatively disadvantageous position. This highly unfair practice is found to be highlypresent, in all strata of the society, especially among children and adolescent population (Wolkeet al., 2013). Keeping the problem into consideration, the authors try to assess the short term as well asthe long-term implications of bullying. It also tries to analyze whether the problem of bullyingonly leaves short-term impacts on the victim who lasts for some days or whether it has long termimplications and leaves a lasting impression on the victim in his or her adulthood also. The basicfindings of the article points out towards the fact that though bullying often leaves long term and
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