Benefits of Research

Benefits of Research
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Benefits of Research
Like every other activity, research carries some risk. Usually, the greatest risk is to the study participants. Researchers, therefore, have to protect the participants in the most reasonable way possible. Consent is the most effective way of mitigating risk of harm to participants. The study participant is the best judge of what constitutes acceptable risk (National Research Council, 2003). If he or she points out certain activities that are too risky, then they should be eliminated from the program. Another way of mitigating risk of harm is by using the most reliable data collection and storage techniques. In behavioral and social sciences, the loss of confidential data poses the greatest harm to human participants (Nortjé et al., 2019). Hence, as a researcher, one should collect only the most necessary information. Also, once the...