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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education Book Cover
How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e
Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

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  • Ethics
  • Research Ethics

American Psychological Association
(http://www.apa.org/)

The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists.
ethics statements
(http://www.apa.org/ethics/)

The ethics page contains ethics statements, codes of conduct, and other ethical guidelines.
National Institutes of Health
(http://www.nih.gov/grants/oprr/oprr.htm)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) human and animal protection page is maintained by the NIH Office of Extramural Research.
Society for the Study of Symbolic
(http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/)

Society for the Study of Symbolic
American Sociological Association's ethics statement
(http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/ethics/ethics.html)

The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction maintains an ethics page that includes the American Sociological Association's ethics statement, as well as ethics information that particularly pertains to qualitative research
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
(http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/)

The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions is housed at Indiana University. It is an endowed center charged with fostering the examination and discussion of ethical issues in American society.
Society for Ethics
(http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/corlett/se.html)

The Society for Ethics is a philosophical society that serves the purpose of promoting philosophical research in ethics. This includes areas such as (but not limited to) ethical theory, and moral, social and political philosophy, as well as areas of applied ethics such as (but not limited to) legal, business and medical ethics.
Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
(http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/ethics/)

The Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics is housed at Ohio University. The Institute is dedicated to promoting the application of fundamental ethical techniques to decision making in an ever-changing world. It is a collaboration of Ohio University's Department of Philosophy, College of Business, and School of Journalism.
Applied Research Ethics National Association
(http://www.anes.hmc.psu.edu/ArenaFolder/ArenaHome.html)

The Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA) is a national service organization for professionals concerned with issues relating to the protection of human subjects, the humane care and treatment of animals, scientific misconduct, ethical decision making in healthcare, and other ethical issues pertaining to biomedical and behavioral research.
Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics
(http://www.georgetown.edu/research/kie/)

The Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics, established at Georgetown University in 1971, is a teaching and research center offering ethical perspectives on major policy issues. It is the largest university-based group of faculty members in the world devoted to research and teaching in biomedical ethics and other areas of applied ethics.
Department of Chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
(http://www.chem.vt.edu/ethics/ethics.html)

The Department of Chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University maintains a science ethics resources page that contains an extensive bibliography, links to other web pages about ethics, and essays on ethics.
School of Psychology at the University of Wales Bangor in Wales
(http://www.psych.bangor.ac.uk/deptpsych/Ethics/HumanResearch.html)

The School of Psychology at the University of Wales Bangor in Wales, United Kingdom, maintains a human participants and research ethics page that includes policy documents and position papers, links to procedures and forms at various research institutions, and links to other ethics-in-research sites.