Literature on Research Ethics
Principles of Research
Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing
research, or in reporting research results.
(a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
(b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or
results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
(c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving
appropriate credit.
(d) Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.
Software Tools
- On Being A Scientist: A GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH (THIRD EDITION) Author: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Engineering. and Institute of Medicine LINK: READ THIS BOOK ONLINE, FREE!!! CLICK!!!
Principles of Research
Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing
research, or in reporting research results.
(a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
(b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or
results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
(c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving
appropriate credit.
(d) Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.
- Whistle Blowing
- The Making of an Allegation
- Procedures for Dealing with Allegation
- Contacting the Research Administration Office
- Introduction to AITI Research Policies
- Recommendation for the Establishment of Research Ethics
- Moral Code, for AITI Faculty Members
- AITI Research Integrity Commitee overseeing Bioethics
Software Tools
- Tool for computing PLS AVEs and composite reliabilities: http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~dstraub/Courses/DSC%208820/2003/AVE.xls
- UCLA tool for power and other calculations: http://calculators.stat.ucla.edu/powercalc/
- Russ Lenth's tool for power and other calculations: http://www.stat.uiowa.edu/~rlenth/Power/
- R: A language and environment for statistical computing and graphics (public domain): http://www.r-project.org/
- Dataplot: A software system for scientific visualization, statistical analysis, and non-linear modeling (public domain): http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/software/dataplot/homepage.html
