Learning Objectives

After studying Chapter 4, students will be able to do the following:

  1. List and describe ethical responsibilities of researchers when conducting research with human participants
  2. Apply these guidelines for ethical research behavior in the development of research studies
  3. Identify and apply key ethical components of an informed consent letter
  4. Describe differences in ethical responsibilities between qualitative and quantitative research studies
  5. Describe the purposes and functions of an institutional review board