Reporting standards for research publications and ethical issues relevant to publishing research findings are presented to provide best practices for counselors, counselor educators, researchers, educators, and other mental health practitioners and for contributors to the Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) journal. Topics include ethical issues in publishing research, reporting standards for research, validity and reliability evidence, and standards used to report reliability and validity evidence.
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