This questionnaire is designed to assess your knowledge about the responsible conduct of research (RCR). It is divided into 3 sections. Section 1 includes questions about your previous research experience, section 2 assesses your familiarity with RCR-related terms and principles, and section 3 assesses your knowledge about different situations related to the RCR.

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Gender:

Academic Year:

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Section I.Previous research experience:
1. Have youheard about research courses before?Did you attend any of them?
a) No
b) Yes

i)I attended

ii) I did not attend

2.Do you know the meaning of responsible conductfor scientific research? If yes please identify the source
a) No
b) Yes
i) The Internet
ii) Textbooks
iii) College curriculum
iv) Others (mention please) ______

3. Did you participate in research projects other than those assigned by college/school?If yes, what was yourmainrole in it?

a) No
b) Yes
i) Principal researcher
ii) Assistant researcher
iii) Data collector
v) Data analyzer

iv) Paper drafting
vi) Other (mention please)______

Section II.Initial knowledge of the RCR:

The first column contains a list of RCR-related terms and principles and you can use the second column to check whether you know about them or not.If you check "Yes", use the third column to choose the source of your knowledge.

Term / Do you know about it? / If Yes, How did you know about it?
(You can choose more than one answer)
4- Plagiarism / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, please specify: ………………………………………
5- Fabrication and falsification in research / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, please specify: ………………………………………
6- Peer review / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, please specify: ………………………………………
7- Conflict of interest / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, pleasespecify: ………………………………………
8- Animal welfare act / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, pleasespecify: ………………………………………
9- Belmont report / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, please specify: ………………………………………
10- Institutional Review Board (IRB) / a)Yes
b)No / a)Reading a book/article/paper
b)College curriculum
c)Attending research course/conference
d)Others, please specify: ………………………………………

Section III. Knowledge about different situations related to the RCR:

11. The main difference between a research misconduct and a simple error is:
a) The magnitude and impact it has
b) The intention to deceive
c) One is caught by the reviewer and the other passes unnoticed
d) I don't know

12. For a contributing individual to be considered an author of the research paper, he/she should fit all the following criteria EXCEPT:
a) Contributed greatly to the research
b) Drafted the article or revised it (partly or totally)
c) Shared in the data collection
d) Approved the final version to be published

e) I don’t know

13. Which of the following is NOT true about acknowledgments?
a) An individual who’s not an author but has contributed to the research may be acknowledged
b) A funding agency that helped fund the research may be acknowledged
c) It may be made without the consent of the acknowledged individual/agency
d) I don't know

14. You submitted your research to a journal and it is currently under review, which of the following would be an act of misconduct?
a) Submitting the same research to another journal to increase the likelihood of its acceptance
b) Starting a new research while the previous one is still under review
c) Sharing the name of the journal and reviewers (if available) to the your co-authors and to other research participants

d) I don’t know

15. In any research project, mentors should review the work of the trainees in order to:
a) Check if the trainees’ work appeals to them or not
b) Assure that they are working accurately
c) Mentors don’t need to review the work of the trainees
d) None of the above

e) I don’t know

16. After finishing your research, sharing the data you discovered will:
a) Encourage further researches and studies
b) Create diversity in opinions
c) Reinforce hypothesis results by comparing its results from multiple sources
d) All of the above

e) I don’t know

17. Which of the following can interfere with your proper judgment in a research project?
a) Financial gain
b) Commitment in work
c) Keeping ideas without sharing with colleagues in the research team
d) All of the above

e) I don’t know

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