Conduct Research Freshly, Simply, and Clearly

Responsible Conduct of Research

In an article published in the New York Times on Novemer 29, 2006, Nicholas Wade reported on the 2004 and 2005 abrications of the South Korean stem cell researcher Dr. wang Woo-suk that were published in the journal Science. erald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh was the first uthor of one of the publications even though he had conucted none of the experiments described in the publicati...

H. index and incorrect conduct of research: letter to the editor

Using online questionnaires to conduct nursing research.

This article explores the concept of using online questionnaires to carry out nursing research. It discusses options for nurses who do not have advanced technical IT skills for electronic distribution of survey questionnaires. The general principles of web distribution are explained, and some approaches are evaluated in terms of current access to technology and its ease of use. The article also...

Seeing Clearly and Moving Forward

THIS SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS SOME important trends in AI research and development, focusing on perceiving and affecting the real world. We will primarily address robotics, but we certainly don’t intend to imply that this is the only important area of AI research and development in the 21st century. We see tremendous importance in the continuing work in such areas as data mining, learning, knowledge r...

Responsible Conduct of Research Measure: initial development and pilot study.

Although much discussion has been focused on research misconduct (RM) and questionable research practices, to date no self-report measures exist to examine this phenomenon. To help fill this void, the authors developed the Responsible Conduct of Research Measure (RCRM) through multiple pilot study waves involving researchers in the social and behavioral sciences. Preliminary results reveal adeq...