| A | B |
| Basic research | seeks new knowledge |
| Applied research | seeks to identify relationships |
| Quality Assurance | identifies state of gaps and the correction process for eliminating gaps |
| Empirical | information gained by means of observation or experimentation |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| Informed consent | Voluntary permission given by a person allowing inclusion in a research study |
| CITI | Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative |
| Nuremberg Codes | A set of research ethics principles for human experimentation set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials at the end of the Second World War. |
| Declaration of Helsinki (1964)Report | A set of ethical principles regarding human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World Medical Association (WMA). |