Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Planning Research to Avoid Later Ethical Problems

II. Data Management

III. Report Preparation

IV. The Publication Process

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

About the Author

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.