Ethical Choices in Research
Managing Data, Writing Reports, and Publishing Results in the Social Sciences
Published on 18. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-4338-2168-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ethical concerns researchers must face after collecting the study data. It teaches readers how to avoid issues related to data management and analysis, the publication process, and the researcher amp rsquo s obligations after publication.
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 amp rsquo 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 amp rsquo s professional responsibilities as a scientist.
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 amp rsquo 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 amp rsquo s professional responsibilities as a scientist.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-2168-4 (9781433821684)
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Person
Harris Cooper is the Hugo L. Blomquist Professor of Psychology amp amp Neuroscience at Duke University. His lab mostly conducts research syntheses and meta-analyses but also collects primary data in the area of educational policy and practice. He has taught research methods to undergraduate and graduate students for more than 4 years and has edited two handbooks on research methods and a guide to reporting research in psychology. Dr. Cooper served as the editor of Psychological Bulletin and inaugural coeditor (with Gary VandenBos) of the Archives of Scientific Psychology, APA's open-access, collaborative data sharing, open methods journal. After his term as Psychological Bulletin editor, he served for years as the chief editorial advisor (CEA) to the APA journals program. The CEA acts as a resource for journal editors, authors, and submitters of manuscripts when (a) disputes arise between editors and authors or between authors and other authors and/or (b) concerns are expressed about the scientific integrity of submitted manuscripts and published articles. For 3 years, Dr. Cooper served as chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri amp ndash Columbia, and for 5 years he served as chair of the Department of Psychology amp amp Neuroscience at Duke University.
Content
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
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