Serendipitous unexpected patterns in data which

*Serendipitous – unexpected patterns in data, which stimulate new ideas or
theoretical approaches
 Social research question – a question about the social world that is answered through
the collection and analysis of firsthand, verifiable, empirical data
 Theory – a logically interrelated set of propositions about empirical reality
 Unit of analysis – the level of social life on which a research question is focused, such
as individuals, groups, towns, or nations
 Variable – a characteristic or property that can vary (take on different values or
attributes)
CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Research
1. What are ethics? Why should a researcher be ethical? (lecture)
 What are ethics?
2. What is an IRB? (p.43) What is the major purpose of an IRB? What is research risk?
(book and lecture)***

3. List and briefly describe the three “human rights” according to the Belmont Report .