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How can you navigate complex research problems with integrity?

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Research is a complex and dynamic process that involves multiple stakeholders, methods, and contexts. As a research manager, you need to ensure that your research projects are conducted with integrity, which means adhering to ethical principles, standards, and practices throughout the research lifecycle. But how can you navigate the challenges and dilemmas that may arise when dealing with complex research problems? Here are some tips to help you.

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1 Define the problem clearly

Before you begin any research project, it is essential to define the problem you want to address and the objectives you want to achieve. This will assist in scoping the project, identifying the relevant literature, and designing the appropriate methods. Furthermore, a clear problem definition can help communicate the research purpose and value to stakeholders like funders, collaborators, and beneficiaries. To define the problem accurately, consider questions such as: what is the gap in knowledge or practice that you want to fill? What are the main research questions or hypotheses that you want to answer or test? What are the expected outcomes and impacts of your research? How will your research contribute to the existing body of knowledge or practice?

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Sean P.

Special Investigator @ Alameda Alliance for Health | Certified Fraud Examiner, Professional Certified Investigator, Certified Forensic Interviewer.
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You should also always consider the manner in which you conduct your research. Individuals can become defensive if they feel that their policies and procedures are being attacked. Try to establish a positive rapport by making them feel part of the process, try to foster a collaborative environment.

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2 Choose the methods carefully

Once you have defined the problem, you need to select the methods that will help you to collect and analyze the data that will answer your research questions or hypotheses. The methods chosen should be suitable for the problem, context, and data sources. Moreover, they should comply with the ethical principles and standards of your discipline, institution, and funder. When deciding on the methods, it is important to take into account factors such as what are the strengths and limitations of different methods for your research problem and context, how can you guarantee the validity, reliability, and reproducibility of your data and results, how can you protect the rights and interests of your research participants (e.g., informed consent, confidentiality, privacy), and how can you address any potential risks or harms to yourself, your participants, or your environment.

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Sean P.

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Be cognisant and adhere to all state and federal laws. For example there are myriad and overlapping laws in healthcare related to PHI and HIPAA.

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Raj Stanley

Director @ Rivermind Consulting | Researcher | Research management Coach
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With due respect to the researchers, sometimes researchers try to loose on the integrity especially when handling complex research problems or when faced with lack of funding. Some of the compliance practices that we adapted includes ? Strict baseline and configuration management in place (especially on the input been used in the research ) ? Independent Audit on the selection, application of the research method ? Internal Peer review on interim results or discovery by experts ? Proactively identify the advisors, research consultants needed for the research . Include it as part of the Budget proposal itself

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3 Manage the data responsibly

Data is the core of any research project, and it needs to be managed responsibly throughout the research lifecycle. To achieve this, you should plan a data management strategy before collecting data, as well as document it in a data management plan. Additionally, appropriate tools and techniques should be used for data collection, such as surveys, interviews, experiments, or observations. Furthermore, it is important to store the data securely and back it up regularly using encryption, passwords, or cloud services. Rigorous and transparent analysis should be done using software, code, or statistics. Moreover, data should be shared openly and ethically using repositories, licenses, or metadata. Finally, data should be preserved for long-term access and reuse using formats, standards, or identifiers. Responsible data management will help you to ensure the quality, integrity, and accessibility of your data and results. It will also help you to comply with the ethical and legal requirements of your discipline, institution, and funder.

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When dealing with surveys and interviews it is important to establish whether the participants will be identified or not. There are legal issues here but as important is the fact that people are often more honest if they believe their responses are anonymous.

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4 Communicate the results effectively

The final step of any research project is to communicate the results to your target audiences, such as peers, policymakers, practitioners, or the public. Communication is essential for disseminating your research findings, generating feedback, and creating impact. To do this effectively, you must present your results clearly, accurately, and persuasively. This requires applying certain skills such as writing in a structured and coherent way with sections, headings, or paragraphs; using visual aids like tables, graphs, or images to illustrate your results; and using language that is appropriate for your audience. Additionally, you should use media that is suitable for your purpose and citations that are consistent with your style. Research integrity is not only a matter of ethics but also of quality, credibility, and impact. By following these tips you can navigate complex research problems with integrity and achieve your research goals.

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5 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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You should have clearly established interview protocols something as simple as making sure the interviewee has a clear exit path would, for example make sure that they are not able to claim that you forced them to stay in the room.

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1 Define the problem clearly

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4 Communicate the results effectively

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