Ethical Choices in Research

Harris Cooper is the Hugo L. Blomquist Professor of Psychology & 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 40 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 6 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–Columbia, and for 5 years he served as chair of the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University.  

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

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