Overview

In this discussion board, you will read the “Bad Blood” Case Study provided in instructional materials. After completing the reading. Give some thought to the following questions and post your response in the DB:

• Why do you believe the participants took part in this study?
• What ethical principles were violated in this research study?
• Would an experiment such as this be conducted today? Why or why not?

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.”

Objectives

• Identify unethical practices in the conduct of research
• Describe how reasoning for participation may be influenced by incentives
• Discuss measures that are currently in place to prevent unethical research

Points: 30Due Dates:

• Initial Post: Fri, May 28 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
• Response Post: Sun, May 30 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US – (the response posts cannot be done on the same day as the initial post).

References:

• Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.
• Response posts: Minimum of one (1) total reference: one (1) from peer-reviewed or course materials reference per response.

Words Limits

• Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)
• Response posts: Minimum 100 words excluding references.

Note: Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area.  Points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.
 

Week 4 Discussion: How Do the Top Dogs Do It? Learning from Example Toward Effective Drafting

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: pp. 469-494.
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Apply the following writing resources to your posts:

• Link (website): APA Citation and Writing  (Links to an external site.)

Initial Post Instructions

Main Post Paragraph 1: Evaluate an argumentative point
Choose a reading from the assigned pages in your textbook and note how the author addresses an argumentative point in the body of the article (in other words, not in the introduction paragraph(s) nor in the conclusion paragraph(s). Work to find a body point that demonstrates a range of strategies like logic, refutation, and author’s voice.

Then, please take the time to read and re-read the entire piece and your chosen section a few times, jotting down notes to help you, before composing a paragraph that addresses all of the following:

• In what ways do you see the author’s voice being used? How does the author’s own voice (not the sources’ voices) drive and frame the argument?
• What does the author use for support for the point? (for example, logic created by the author, sources, a combination?) Is this effective, in your view? Why or why not?
• Does the author use any logical fallacies? If so, name them and explain why they are fallacies. If not, explain why the author’s logic is solid.
• Does the form of this reading match the form of the writing we are learning: full essay paragraphs? If so, explain why and how. If not, explain why you think this particular piece of reading does not use academic essay format and what you might do to revise it. In other words, if there are many short paragraphs, could you put some together to form single paragraphs that are still driven by the author’s voice?

Main Post Paragraph 2: Practice Using Your Voice in a Full Body Paragraph Toward Your Essay
Referring back to the lesson, please compose and present a single, well-developed draft of one body paragraph for our argument research essay, paying special attention to making your voice the driving force and to using solid logic. Remember the parts of a good body paragraph for an argument essay:

• Composing a smooth, clear topic sentence in your voice that provides a transition and that asserts your topic for the paragraph
• Using your voice to introduce and present your evidence that supports your topic sentence
• Using logic in your voice to tie the evidence to your argumentative point
• Avoiding logical fallacies
• Using concession and rebuttal if you are presenting opposing viewpoints
• Ending strongly with your voice in an extended explanation of how all factors involved in this paragraph drive home your argument in this particular point
• Making sure to synthesize throughout, with clear connections between all evidence and all of your logic and assertions

Writing Requirements

• Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside scholarly source)
• APA format for in-text citations and list of references

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