1. Week 4 CA 5171 Ethical Dilemma Week 4: INTRO Dilemma: http://onlineacademics.org/CA517/Ethics.htm#4 http://onlineacademics.org/CA517/Ethics.htm#4 INPUT Read and discuss APA sections and other ethical issues, which were included as slides in the weekly PowerPoint Lectures (e.g., 4a.): http://onlineacademics.org/CA517/Lectures/ http://onlineacademics.org/CA517/Lectures/

2. Week 4 CA 517 2 Week 4: Watch your step! Unit 4a March of the Penguins http://www.clubpenguinnews.net/wp- content/uploads/2008/10/mad-scientist.png

3. Week 4 CA 5173 Suggestions for the proposal Incorporate each week’s suggestions. The week 6 proposal will enable revised weekly assignment grades, where relevant.

4. Week 4 CA 5174 Double-space everything and indent paragraphs using tabs. If you use five spaces to indent, when you use the replace function to remove extra spaces, you will cause a problem with your formatting. Avoid using an APA style program because it may introduce errors into your work.

5. Week 4 CA 5175 Be a scientist No opinions about anything. Not even “interestingly...” Just the facts from research articles you cite. Only one question, the research question.

6. Week 4 CA 5176 Avoid gender bias against researchers. No first names. No he or she references to authors.

7. Week 4 CA 5177 A few other items. “Punctuation inside quotation marks.” When you have a whole paragraph of information from one study, you can indicate the author (year) at the beginning. Then after you write all the information, you can put the page numbers or some other indicator at the end (pp. 356-370).

8. Week 4 CA 5178 Introduction This should be a brief overview to explain the problem. State your research question and how you will answer it.

9. Week 4 CA 5179 Final sweep When you finish, replace all extra spaces with the replace function. Remove extra lines and set double-space with the format and paragraph function. Add header from view function with your last name, topic, and page.

10. Week 4 CA 517 10 Watch Your Step Sources: Kerlinger & Lee, Sumser, APA. These wonderful pictures are from Microsoft clip art, www.penguinscience.com, and allposters.com. www.penguinscience.com

11. Week 4 CA 517 11 Ethics, Design, Prospectus

12. Week 4 CA 51712 Tread carefully to meet APA Ethical Standards KNOW APA: Discussion of ethical behaviors pp. 11-20 and compliance checklist p. 20. 8.04 Complying With Ethical, legal, and Policy Requirements, p. 231-236. Crediting Sources pp. 169-174. Read and reread that information until you know it by heart!

13. Week 4 CA 51713 Why Follow APA Exactly? US social scientific values include the following: Ownership of ideas. Advancement of knowledge based on truth. Compliance with ethical rules. Capstone experience is independent work and faculty must trust you.

14. Week 4 CA 51714 Examples of Extremely Serious Infractions 1. Plagiarism or falsification in a research course (CA 517). 2. Repeated dishonesty. 3. Dishonesty on a core assessment. 4. Submitting an assignment primarily written by someone else. 5. Capstone course dishonesty.

15. Week 4 CA 51715 Lack of Ethics The Tuskegee syphilis studies 1932-1972, the U.S. Public Health Service studied 399 black men. No intention of curing.Tuskegee syphilis studies Milgram electric shock studies used a form of deception. “Sixty percent of the "teachers" obeyed orders to punish the learner to the very end of the 450-volt scale!” Milgram electric shock studies Often cited as reasons why scientific research with humans and animals needs to be regulated.

16. Week 4 CA 51716 Fraud is also an issue of concern because the work of individuals influences legislation and how people perceive themselves and others.

17. Week 4 CA 51717 Do NOT do research that Puts people at risk. Violates the norms of free informed consent. Uses public resources to private gains. Could seriously damage the environment. Is biased research.

18. Week 4 CA 51718 APA guidelines: Minimal risk. Fairness, responsibility, and informed consent (adults). If the researcher can justify deception, there must be debriefing. Freedom from coercion. Protection of participants. Confidentiality. Continue with Unit 4b.