Guides @ UF: Responsible Conduct of STEM Research: Research Misconduct/FFP

What is Research Misconduct?

From the U.S. Dept. of HHS Office of Research Integrity:

(a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
(b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
(c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

*Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.
** Note: Self-plagiarism is NOT considered research misconduct in accordance to 42 CFR 93.

Videos:

You suspect research misconduct. Now what?

Crossing the line into misconduct

Definition of research misconduct - FFP

Follow the general practices of the Responsible Conduct or Research (RCR) in several formats:

26 Guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and questionable writing practices, by M. Roig for (ORI). Full text. Summary, 2 pages.

Research Integrity

What Does Research Integrity Require of You?
Geared toward students, helpful to all. From Northeastern University.

Plagiarism - learning tools

ORI: research misconduct learning tools
How to Avoid Plagiarism
complex examples from Northwestern
Plagiarism tutorial
from Duke University
A Positive Solution for Plagiarism
suggested classroom practices by Jeff Karon in Chronicle of Higher Ed. Use VPN if off campus.

Data falsification/fabrication - learning tools

Guidelines for best practices in image processing

Data management case studies & modules

Data management video case studies

The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct In "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct," you become the lead characters in an interactive movie and make decisions about integrity in research that can have long-term consequences. The simulation addresses Responsible Conduct of Research topics such as avoiding research misconduct, mentorship responsibilities, handling of data, responsible authorship, and questionable research practices.
The Research Clinic The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) present The Research Clinic. The interactive training video educates clinical and social researchers on the importance of appropriately protecting research participants and avoiding research misconduct. The Research Clinic allows the viewer to assume the role of one of four characters and determines the outcome of the storyline by selecting decision-making choices for each “playable” character.