Practice involves self-reflection and checking for bias to ensure your design and topic will withstand robust scrutiny from peers and academics. A str

1). Self- Reflection. Practice involves self-reflection and checking for bias to ensure your design and topic will withstand robust scrutiny from peers and academics. A strong research effort minimizes bias and presents alternative and opposing perspectives, including issues concerning methodology. Bias creates errors in research and can take the form of systematic or personal bias that can influence the research design, sampling fame, and even the interpretation of findings.