Researchers may be led to breach the code of ethics when ________.
A) they have planned carefully during research design
B) their study does not break any laws
C) they have excess funding to use
D) they have thought deeply about risks to subjects
Researchers recently documented the fact that after a terrorist attach, the set of people who refused to think about the horrible events and isolated themselves were at greater risk than others of developing post-traumatic stress disorder.
This fact relates to which goal of science?
a. control
b. description
c. explanation
d. prediction
To be called a case study, the research project must be ________________.
A) one instance of a broader category of events
B) systematically recapturing nuances of the past orally
C) a study of a small group of individuals sharing common characteristics
D) covert observation of a large corporation
Using computer technology such as the Web, and programs to incorporate audio, visual, and written documentation of field events into one account with links among data, analysis, and interpretative and supportive texts is called ______________.
A) ethnographic record
B) macroethnography
C) online ethnography
D) hypermedia ethnography
Social scientists have an ethical obligation to the population they study because _______.
A) they study human subjects
B) they use quantitative data collection methods
C) they have no influence on policy and law
D) they have no risk of inflicting physical or emotional harm to subjects
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