UOP Health & Medical Research Ethics and Validity Paper

  • Write a paper in which you:
  • Choose a Research Study (may use one form your annotated bibliography) **Must be a study**
  • Briefly summarize the research study in one paragraph (i.e. problem being studied, methods-qualitative/quantitative, and results).
  • Identify possible ethical issues within the research study (either stated by author or possible issues based on discussions this week on ethical principals).
  • Explain how the ethical concerns can influence the research outcomes.
  • Define validity as it relates to the research study.
  • Hint: Review previous learning activities for key validity concepts, including internal and external validity and associated threats to validity.
  • Discuss the importance of research design validity and how research bias can impact validity.
  • Hint: Research how design validity and instrumentation validity are different concepts.
  • Discuss how stakeholders can externally influence health care research.