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Professor Ma wants to design a project studying emotional response to date rape. He advertises for participants in the school newspaper, informs them about the nature of the study, gets their consent, conducts an interview, and debriefs them about the results when the experiment is over. If you were on the IRB, which ethical consideration would you most likely have the most concern about in Professor Ma’s study?
(A) coercion
(B) deception
(C) confounding variables
(D) anonymity
(E) clear scientific purpose
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(D) anonymity
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Explanation
Professor Ma would need to be particularly careful to ensure the participants’ anonymity in this study since it deals with a controversial and possibly embarrassing subject. There is no indication that Professor Ma coerced the participants or deceived them in any way. Confounding variables are a concern for the validity of the study but not an ethical consideration. The study does have a clear scientific purpose.
Posted : 10/01/2024 2:13 pm