The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is listed as the primary sponsor for a research study that Sue Ellen found in her literature review for her topic on beef consumption and health correlation study. Would this particular source be a publication risk? Discuss.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Varies.
The NCBA is a trade association and lobbying group of U.S. beef producers. The association uses fees for advertising and promotion of beef in the United States. The association’s promotion and advertising would potentially be a conflict of interest for the correlation study. Kirk (2002) evaluating guidelines would flag the following as highly suspect for bias; publishing body (who sponsor the site/study), point of view or bias (e.g., does the website advocate a point of view or sell media products); in NCBA case, the objective is advertising and selling. Thus, only a recursory reference should be made to the NCBA article discussion unless these risks are specifically addressed in the published article and study.
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