Category
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animal testing
use of animals as models of the human organism
Nuremberg Code
set of research ethics principles for human experimentation
replication crisis
ongoing methodological crisis in science stemming from failure to replicate many studies
human subject research project
systematic, scientific investigation that involves human beings as research subjects
metascience
Metascience (also known as meta-research) is the use of scientific methodology to study science itself. Metascience seeks to increase the quality of scientific research and enhance its efficiency. It is also known as "research on research" and "the science of science", as it uses research methods to study how research is done and find where improvements can be made. Metascience concerns itself with all fields of research and has been described as "a bird's eye view of science". In the words of John Ioannidis, "Science is the best thing that has happened to human beings... but we can do it bett
Three Rs
guiding principles for more ethical use of animals in science
misuse of statistics
erroneous use of statistical argument when the statistical reason involved is false or misapplied
institutional review board
hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects
misleading graph
graph that misrepresents data
scientific integrity
concept in research ethics
Risk–benefit analysis
analysis that seeks to quantify the risk and benefits, and hence the ratio of the two
Ethics in mathematics
emerging field of applied ethics