Write a 500- to 750-word summary of the ethical issues that affect your selected research question and methodology, including the following:

Write a brief statement of the research question.

List the possible ethical issues, such as consideration of characteristics of your sample, type of data collection, potential for bias, and so forth.

Identify and cite the APA ethical standard concerning the issue.

Respond to each issue, specifying how you, the researcher, will minimize or eliminate it.

What are your research and null hypotheses?

Salkind (2012) stated, "The null hypothesis is a statement of equality." (p. 28).

So, having gone through this valuable exercise, my research will be to study the following: Reiki is an alternative healing modality based on the principle that a Reiki Master can channel energy into a patient by means of laying of hands or hovering slightly about a client to activate the life-force energy that starts a natural healing process to restore physical and emotional health.

Therefore, my null hypotheses is as follows: There is no relationship in Reiki between the laying on of hands and hovering of hands.