DISCOVERY LAB EXAM #3 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
falsification - ANSWER-involves manipulation of research materials, equipment or
processes, or changing or omitting data/results such that the research is not accurately
represented in the research record.
RIO - ANSWER-Research & Innovation office: protects the integrity of research. They
also coordinate efforts to ensure ethical collaboration with pharmaceutical companies,
to develop grant applications, to propose and complete work with animal and human
subjects, and protect vulnerable trainees.
plagiarism - ANSWER-involves portraying another person's intellectual property as
one's own.
integrity - ANSWER-the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles;
moral uprightness.
What process must be followed if experiments on an animal protocol are to be
changed? - ANSWER-an amendment has to be submitted and approved by the IACUC.
name two examples of misconduct in human research that led to the Belmont Report -
ANSWER-unethical syphilic research: they were not informed of their diagnosis and and
deprived of treatment even when penicillin is available
What are the four ethical principles presented in the Belmont Report? - ANSWER-
autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice
Why is failing to report all data a problem? - ANSWER-negative results are scientifically
as important to report and it can be misleading.
What office oversees most of the programs that regulate research misconduct at CU
Boulder? - ANSWER-RCR- responsible conduct of research
peer review - ANSWER-requires that reviewers produce a thorough and objective
review of the paper. They read a paper to make sure its methods are reasonable and its
reasoning is logical.
Impact factor - ANSWER-measures the ratio of citations received over a two-year
window to the number of "citable" articles published in that same window. Any journal
with an impact factor of at least 1 is decent and 10 is outstanding.
Retraction - ANSWER-A withdrawal of a paper because the data could not be validated
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
falsification - ANSWER-involves manipulation of research materials, equipment or
processes, or changing or omitting data/results such that the research is not accurately
represented in the research record.
RIO - ANSWER-Research & Innovation office: protects the integrity of research. They
also coordinate efforts to ensure ethical collaboration with pharmaceutical companies,
to develop grant applications, to propose and complete work with animal and human
subjects, and protect vulnerable trainees.
plagiarism - ANSWER-involves portraying another person's intellectual property as
one's own.
integrity - ANSWER-the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles;
moral uprightness.
What process must be followed if experiments on an animal protocol are to be
changed? - ANSWER-an amendment has to be submitted and approved by the IACUC.
name two examples of misconduct in human research that led to the Belmont Report -
ANSWER-unethical syphilic research: they were not informed of their diagnosis and and
deprived of treatment even when penicillin is available
What are the four ethical principles presented in the Belmont Report? - ANSWER-
autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice
Why is failing to report all data a problem? - ANSWER-negative results are scientifically
as important to report and it can be misleading.
What office oversees most of the programs that regulate research misconduct at CU
Boulder? - ANSWER-RCR- responsible conduct of research
peer review - ANSWER-requires that reviewers produce a thorough and objective
review of the paper. They read a paper to make sure its methods are reasonable and its
reasoning is logical.
Impact factor - ANSWER-measures the ratio of citations received over a two-year
window to the number of "citable" articles published in that same window. Any journal
with an impact factor of at least 1 is decent and 10 is outstanding.
Retraction - ANSWER-A withdrawal of a paper because the data could not be validated
