Measuring Consensus about Scientific Research Norms

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-340

  Berk, Richard A ^a   Korenman, Stanley G ^a   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct of science; Scientific ethics; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHICS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLAGIARISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034231462     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0035-x     Document Type: Article

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