You have almost completed your research and you are certain that the treatment of human participants was ethically sound. The hefty ethical deliberations are behind you, right? Not quite. In this practical and informative books, Harris Cooper provides an insider’s guidance on the many choices yet to come. Following the course of a typical project, Cooper describes the ethics—and etiquette—behind each stage. He anticipates ethical problems that occur in the early stages of planning research, the middle stages of data management and report preparation, and the final stage of publications. At each stage, he emphasizes the value of early planning to meet one’s professional responsibilities as a scientist.
Ethical Choices in Research Managing Data, Writing Reports, and Publishing Results in the Social Sciences
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You have almost completed your research and you are certain that the treatment of human participants was ethically sound. The hefty ethical deliberations are behind you, right? Not quite. In this practical and informative books, Harris Cooper provides an insider’s guidance on the many choices yet to come. Following the course of a typical project, Cooper describes the ethics—and etiquette—behind each stage. He anticipates ethical problems that occur in the early stages of planning research, the middle stages of data management and report preparation, and the final stage of publications. At each stage, he emphasizes the value of early planning to meet one’s professional responsibilities as a scientist.
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Planning Research to Avoid Later Ethical Problems
- Choosing a Topic and Method
- Authorship: Responsibility and Credit for Research
II. Data Management
- Data Collection and Handling of Data Sets
- Misconduct With Data
- Data Analysis
III. Report Preparation
- Contents of a Research Report
- Plagiarism
IV. The Publication Process
- Before Submitting the Manuscript for Publication
- The Manuscript Review Process
- After the Manuscript is Accepted and the Article is Published
Epilogue
- Appendix A: Selected APA Principles and Codes of Conduct
- Appendix B: Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
- Appendix C: American Psychological Association Journal Article Reporting Standards
- Appendix D: The Committee on Publication Ethics Case Taxonomy
References
Index
About the Author
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