SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.33 número3Obesidad y circunferencia de la cintura en adolescentes madrileñosExperiencias de la terapia antioxidante con Vimang en la atención primaria de salud en Cuba índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Revista

Articulo

Indicadores

  • No hay articulos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

  • No hay articulos similaresSimilares en SciELO

Compartir


Revista Cubana de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 0864-3466versión On-line ISSN 1561-3127

Resumen

OTERO IGLESIAS, Jacinta  y  BARRIOS OSUNA, Irene. Copying, cutting and pasting in the development of scientific research. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.3. ISSN 0864-3466.

Available scientific information on digital media increases geometrically. The incorrect selection of this information negatively contributes to the development of research and the credibility of the new acquired knowledge. The present paper was aimed at showing the possible negative impact of the options called copy, cut and paste on the process of scientific research when they are misused. The contents of the first draft of the section Introduction to 50 research projects included in Master´s courses at national and international levels were reviewed. Essential issues were taken into consideration like the adequate statement of the research problem; its antecedents, theoretical substantiation and needs for research. The use of copying, cutting and pasting in the documentation was evaluated in each of these aspects. It was concluded that the analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization of the scientific thinking are often replaced by the process of copying, cutting and pasting and that ethical problems exist when information sources are omitted. The article recommended the search for methodological alternatives that will allow properly teaching the use of copy, cut and paste options in the research context, and at the same time fighting the misuse of these options in the reports submitted by students in the course of their formation

Palabras clave : Research methodology; research project; scientific publication; postgraduate education.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License Todo el contenido de esta revista, excepto dónde está identificado, está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons