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North Carolina State University

Spring 2009

NCSU Research Ethics

This module provides an introduction to plagiarism, falsification and fabrication of data for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences undergraduates joining research teams on a short-term basis at North Carolina State University. The readings and exercises will assist you in learning to avoid research misconduct.

A brief online module, however, cannot prepare you to conduct research responsibly. You must work closely with your mentor to discuss the potential pitfalls involved in writing research articles and storing, using and interpreting data. If you do not know your mentor's name, your first assignment here is to find out. As the mentoring relationship is a critical part of research, this online course cannot substitute for it.

To begin, take a minute to acquaint yourself with the three tabs to your left. Click on each one--Schedule, Modules, and Assignments--and review the menus.

Ready to proceed? Click again on Schedule, find "0.0 Intro to course," and click there.

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This course is being developed by the Model Curriculum for Land Grant Universities in Research Ethics (LANGURE) project. It is being evaluated by the Extend and Assess Research Ethics Education (EAREE) project. LANGURE is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. and EAREE by Grant No. . Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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