 ይህ የምርምር እና በተግባርም መካከል ይህ ልዩነት Belmont ሪፖርት የዲጂታል ዘመን ማኅበራዊ ምርምር misfit ነው አንዱ መንገድ ነው የሚል የመከራከሪያ ሐሳብ ተደርጓል (Metcalf and Crawford 2016; boyd 2016).
It has been argued that this distinction between research and practice is one way that the Belmont Report is not well suited to social research in the digital age (Metcalf and Crawford 2016; boyd 2016).