Research guidelines & policy documents
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Please note: All documents below are PDF.
| Code of Human Research Ethics | Description: Sets out a set of general principles that are applicable to all research contexts and are intended to cover all research with human participants. |
Conducting Research on the Internet: Guidelines for Ethical Practice in Psychological Research Online | Description: Internet Mediated Research (IMR) covers a wide range of research activities ranging from purely observational studies to surveys and in vivo quantitative studies to highly structured and well-controlled experiments. |
| Guidelines for Assessment of the PhD in Psychology and Related Disciplines | Description: These guidelines are recommendations for good practice within UK universities. |
| Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Animals | Description: Developed with co-operation from the Experimental Psychology Society, these guidelines are for members who work with living animals. |
| Statement of Policy on Authorship and Publication Credit | Description: This Statement of Policy has been produced to complement and supplement the Principles of Publishing: Guidance Notes for Contributors to Society Journals prepared by the Journals Committee. |
| Statement of Policy on the Use of Animals in Psychology | Description: This Statement of Policy has been produced to complement and supplement the Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Animals. Author: Research Board Publication date: 2012 Size: 84KB; 1 pages Cost: FREE |
