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23 - Ethical Issues in Online Research

from Section III - Legal, Research, and Organizational Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2018

By
Lynne D. Roberts  and
Jessica B. A. Sipes
Edited by
Mark M. Leach  and
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel
Mark M. Leach
Affiliation:
University of Louisville, Kentucky
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel
Affiliation:
Cleveland State University
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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics , pp. 474 - 492
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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