Question 1

Define the following:
-special populations

Accepted Answer

People who lack the necessary

Question 2

What is the general ethical principle regarding deception in social research?

Accepted Answer

A) It is fully acceptable and does not involve ethical issues. 
B) It is forbidden under all circumstances of ethical research. 
C) It can be ethically used if essential to the research so long as subjects are not physically harmed. 
D) It can be ethically used if essential to the research,but only to the minimal degree necessary and it must be followed by debriefing. 
E) Deception can only be ethically used when subjects are "captive" populations (e.g.,prisoners,students,mental hospital patients,military personnel). 
A) It is fully acceptable and does not involve ethical issues. 
B) It is forbidden under all circumstances of ethical research. 
C) It can be ethically used if essential to the research so long as subjects are not physically harmed. 
D) It can be ethically used if essential to the research,but only to the minimal degree necessary and it must be followed by debriefing. 
E) Deception can only be ethically used when subjects are "captive" populations (e.g.,prisoners,students,mental hospital patients,military personnel).

Question 3

Why are some groups of people called "special populations" in social research? What things must a researcher do differently when studying them?

Accepted Answer

●Some populations or groups of research

Question 4

Define the following:
-unnecessary stress

Accepted Answer

When it comes to research,unnecessary st

Question 5

Which of the following terms is used to describe situations where communities develop skepticism towards research after having been "researched to death" without sharing in any of the benefits of the research?

Accepted Answer

A) Research victimization 
B) Knowledge exploitation 
C) Parasitic research 
D) Research fatigue 
E) Research exhaustion 
A) Research victimization 
B) Knowledge exploitation 
C) Parasitic research 
D) Research fatigue 
E) Research exhaustion

Question 6

Identify the FALSE statement about ethics in social research.

Accepted Answer

A) The individual researcher is ultimately responsible for acting in an ethical manner and protecting research subjects. 
B) A researcher who lacks strong professional socialization,who is isolated from other researchers,and who is under great pressure to cut corners to produce research findings is in greater danger of doing something unethical. 
C) Unethical researchers,if caught,have disgraced themselves before their peers.They may lose their jobs and never get another professional job.All their past research may be suspect. 
D) It is usually more costly and time consuming to behave ethically,but there is no praise for ethical research.It is simply expected. 
E) All unethical behaviour is also illegal because codes of ethics have the force of law. 
A) The individual researcher is ultimately responsible for acting in an ethical manner and protecting research subjects. 
B) A researcher who lacks strong professional socialization,who is isolated from other researchers,and who is under great pressure to cut corners to produce research findings is in greater danger of doing something unethical. 
C) Unethical researchers,if caught,have disgraced themselves before their peers.They may lose their jobs and never get another professional job.All their past research may be suspect. 
D) It is usually more costly and time consuming to behave ethically,but there is no praise for ethical research.It is simply expected. 
E) All unethical behaviour is also illegal because codes of ethics have the force of law.

Question 7

Define the following:
-legal harm

Accepted Answer

Legal harm refers to unwelcome legal san

Question 8

If a researcher conducting a survey gets "informed consent," she will

Accepted Answer

A) get an ok from funding agencies to experiment with controlled substances. 
B) get permission to interview friends and family members about personal behaviour (such as sexual relations). 
C) get permission to conduct the interview with the respondent after telling the respondent something about the interview. 
D) get permission from other researchers to use non-random sampling. 
E) get permission from people to use their actual names and addresses in published studies about them. 
A) get an ok from funding agencies to experiment with controlled substances. 
B) get permission to interview friends and family members about personal behaviour (such as sexual relations). 
C) get permission to conduct the interview with the respondent after telling the respondent something about the interview. 
D) get permission from other researchers to use non-random sampling. 
E) get permission from people to use their actual names and addresses in published studies about them.

Question 9

Identify three major cases in the history of research ethics and describe the basic principles of ethical research they illustrate.

Accepted Answer

●Stanley Milgram's obedience study in wh

Question 10

How might a sponsor attempt to illegitimately influence a researcher? What can the researcher do about it and why might a researcher hesitate about being ethical?

Accepted Answer

●A sponsor may attempt to illegitimately

Question 11

Tri-Council Policy Statement on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans specifies that researchers have a duty to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) refrain from researching special populations 
B) share data pertaining to Canadian citizens and institutions with the Canadian government 
C) refuse compensation for conducting research 
D) maximize the benefits that their research has on others 
E) refrain from politicizing research findings 
A) refrain from researching special populations 
B) share data pertaining to Canadian citizens and institutions with the Canadian government 
C) refuse compensation for conducting research 
D) maximize the benefits that their research has on others 
E) refrain from politicizing research findings

Question 12

Chad Hunt is a graduate student who studies the ways people use social assistance.Chad grew up hearing news reports and dinner table conversations about how welfare recipients are typically lazy people who abuse the system even though they can and should work.The data Chad collects indicates that the majority of people on social assistance are hard-working persons who have been displaced by economic restructuring.Chad believes his data does not accurately depict the truth of the matter,so he falsifies documents to make it appear as though abuse of social assistance is common.What offence has Chad committed?

Accepted Answer

A) Research fraud 
B) Data reconfiguration 
C) Plagiarism 
D) Breaking confidentiality 
E) Breaking anonymity 
A) Research fraud 
B) Data reconfiguration 
C) Plagiarism 
D) Breaking confidentiality 
E) Breaking anonymity

Question 13

Which of the following sets the standards for professional ethics codes within North American sociology?

Accepted Answer

A) CSA & SSHRC 
B) CIHR & BSA 
C) NSERC & CSA 
D) ASA & BSC 
E) ASA & CSA 
A) CSA & SSHRC 
B) CIHR & BSA 
C) NSERC & CSA 
D) ASA & BSC 
E) ASA & CSA

Question 14

Define the following:
-research fraud

Accepted Answer

Unethical behaviour that occur

Question 15

What ethical issue was NOT raised by the famous "Tearoom Trade" study by Laud Humphries on homosexuals?

Accepted Answer

A) Covert observation without informed consent 
B) Protecting the research subjects from legal jeopardy 
C) Protecting the privacy of respondents and confidentiality of data 
D) The use of deception or lying to subjects 
E) All of the above were involved. 
A) Covert observation without informed consent 
B) Protecting the research subjects from legal jeopardy 
C) Protecting the privacy of respondents and confidentiality of data 
D) The use of deception or lying to subjects 
E) All of the above were involved.

Question 16

Define the following:
-informed consent

Accepted Answer

An agreement by participants s

Question 17

It is NOT ethical for a sponsor to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) A school district wants a study of students,but demands that a researcher report findings showing an improvement in student scores during the past five years. 
B) A supervisor requires prior review of questionnaire items to make some of them "leading" to make certain that the company looks good. 
C) A government agency that paid for a study suppresses findings that indicate that it has not enforced a law it is supposed to and has been an overall failure. 
D) A political party calls people for telephone interviews on opinions,but is really identifying potential financial contributors.It hides the true sponsor of a study by using a made-up name of a research company. 
E) All of the above. 
A) A school district wants a study of students,but demands that a researcher report findings showing an improvement in student scores during the past five years. 
B) A supervisor requires prior review of questionnaire items to make some of them "leading" to make certain that the company looks good. 
C) A government agency that paid for a study suppresses findings that indicate that it has not enforced a law it is supposed to and has been an overall failure. 
D) A political party calls people for telephone interviews on opinions,but is really identifying potential financial contributors.It hides the true sponsor of a study by using a made-up name of a research company. 
E) All of the above.

Question 18

Define the following:
-confidentiality

Accepted Answer

Information is collected with

Question 19

The original source for the principles of codes of ethics for research on human subjects was developed out of

Accepted Answer

A) the Amnesty International Code of 1975. 
B) the Nuremburg Code used in the Nuremburg Military Tribunal on Nazi war crimes in 1946-47. 
C) the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 
D) the League of Nations Charter of 1919. 
E) the Constitution of the United States. 
A) the Amnesty International Code of 1975. 
B) the Nuremburg Code used in the Nuremburg Military Tribunal on Nazi war crimes in 1946-47. 
C) the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 
D) the League of Nations Charter of 1919. 
E) the Constitution of the United States.

Question 20

Dr.Agamben delegated preliminary data analysis to his research assistant.The research assistant summarized his initial impressions of the data in a ten-page report.Dr.Agamben,impressed with the insight and eloquence of his research assistant,included passages from the report in an article for which he was the sole author.What offence has Dr.Agamben committed?

Accepted Answer

A) Fraud 
B) Plagiarism 
C) Deception 
D) Publishing uncheck conclusions 
E) Whistle-blowing 
A) Fraud 
B) Plagiarism 
C) Deception 
D) Publishing uncheck conclusions 
E) Whistle-blowing

Define the following: -special populations

What is the general ethical principle regarding deception in social research?

Why are some groups of people called "special populations" in social research? What things must a researcher do differently when studying them?

Define the following: -unnecessary stress

Which of the following terms is used to describe situations where communities develop skepticism towards research after having been "researched to death" without sharing in any of the benefits of the research?

Identify the FALSE statement about ethics in social research.

Define the following: -legal harm

If a researcher conducting a survey gets "informed consent," she will

Identify three major cases in the history of research ethics and describe the basic principles of ethical research they illustrate.

How might a sponsor attempt to illegitimately influence a researcher? What can the researcher do about it and why might a researcher hesitate about being ethical?

Tri-Council Policy Statement on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans specifies that researchers have a duty to do which of the following?

Which of the following sets the standards for professional ethics codes within North American sociology?

Define the following: -research fraud

What ethical issue was NOT raised by the famous "Tearoom Trade" study by Laud Humphries on homosexuals?

Define the following: -informed consent

It is NOT ethical for a sponsor to do which of the following?

Define the following: -confidentiality

The original source for the principles of codes of ethics for research on human subjects was developed out of

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Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

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Exam 3: Ethics in Social Research

Define the following: -special populations

What is the general ethical principle regarding deception in social research?

Why are some groups of people called "special populations" in social research? What things must a researcher do differently when studying them?

Define the following: -unnecessary stress

Which of the following terms is used to describe situations where communities develop skepticism towards research after having been "researched to death" without sharing in any of the benefits of the research?

Identify the FALSE statement about ethics in social research.

Define the following: -legal harm

If a researcher conducting a survey gets "informed consent," she will

Identify three major cases in the history of research ethics and describe the basic principles of ethical research they illustrate.

How might a sponsor attempt to illegitimately influence a researcher? What can the researcher do about it and why might a researcher hesitate about being ethical?

Tri-Council Policy Statement on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans specifies that researchers have a duty to do which of the following?

Which of the following sets the standards for professional ethics codes within North American sociology?

Define the following: -research fraud

What ethical issue was NOT raised by the famous "Tearoom Trade" study by Laud Humphries on homosexuals?

Define the following: -informed consent

It is NOT ethical for a sponsor to do which of the following?

Define the following: -confidentiality

The original source for the principles of codes of ethics for research on human subjects was developed out of

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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