International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue X, October 2022|ISSN 2454-6186
Applying Ethical Issues in Research Statistical Analysis and Their Relation to Human Actions
Harisa Mardiana
Department Informatics Engineering, Universitas Buddhi Dharma, Indonesia
Abstract: Researchers in calculating or measuring statistics use research tools or software, and researchers must apply research ethics. However, many researchers are negligent in research ethics, especially in using statistics. It is related to the relationship and the actions of the researchers themselves. Thus, if ethical norms in research are not applied, there is falsifying, fabrication, and misrepresenting data that does not support the truth. The researcher’s responsibility seems to be lost, and the honesty of the researcher disappears.
The actions of researchers or humans like that happen a lot and make research useless. This article discusses the dishonesty of researchers, third-party interference, and conflicts of interest. So, it becomes a fatal error. Therefore, the ideal of scientific perfection, where researchers must think critically and scientifically, feel or act and have reliability in measurement, is unpredictable.
Keywords: Ethical issues, statistical research, human nature, misleading research
I. INTRODUCTION
In research, a researcher places their actions described in the framework of footing as established general principles. In applying basic ethics and ethical principles, a researcher must regulate interactions in various aspects. Ethics identifies good, desirable, or acceptable behavior and provides reasons for concluding. According to Arichie & Archie (2003) and Lucero-Montaño, 2012 stated that researchers should be careful with ethical norms that are simple and rational. Many claims that civilization uses laws that apply moral standards and the rule of law. It is important to know that ethics and law are not the same. An action can be said to be legal but immoral or unlawful but moral. Thus, researchers must adhere to norms with reasons to support research objectives such as knowledge, truth, and avoiding mistakes. For example, researchers must be able to prevent fabricating, falsifying, or misrepresenting research data that supports truth and avoids errors. In addition, Aggarwal & Ryoo (2011) indicated that ethical standards promote important values for collaborative work, mutual trust, accountability, respect for other researchers, and fairness in involving collaboration and coordination among researchers in the same or allied disciplines or a mixture of disciplines. Chirk et al. (2006) described that two conditions can be put forward to maintain a consistent research point. These are (1) the researcher must leave the things he does in observing to complete his research without interference from the people around him.