Excelsior Rethinking Research Data by Kristin Briney Video Discussion

Question Description

Watch the video ( available in youtube, video title: Rethinking Research Data | Kristin Briney | TEDxUWMilwaukee ) and,

Read the two articles about the ethical issues that can and do arise in research that is publicly shared. The last link is to a website called "Retraction Watch." This website consists of a searchable database on research in all disciplines that has been retracted due to fraud (fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism), as well as other types of ethical misconduct.

What A Massive Database of Retracted Papers Reveals about Science Publishing's 'Death Penalty' (Links to an external site.)

Viewpoint: Why So Many Scientific Studies Are Flawed and Poorly Understood (Links to an external site.)

Retraction Watch (Links to an external site.)

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Let’s start this discussion with your opinion. If publishing research results is a form of advertising, as mentioned in the video, does the responsibility of researchers end once they have published their findings?

Using the Reaction Watch database, identify a study that has been retracted in the Nursing discipline recently. Summarize the ethical misconduct - in other words, why the study was retracted. What was the potential harm that the findings could have or resulted in? ?Did the author(s) face any consequences?