Question 1

Which of the following is not a form of scientific misconduct?

Accepted Answer

A) Falsification of data 
B) Significant,unjustified departures from generally accepted scientific practices 
C) Plagiarism 
D) Deceiving participants 
E) Distorting methods of data collection 
A) Falsification of data 
B) Significant,unjustified departures from generally accepted scientific practices 
C) Plagiarism 
D) Deceiving participants 
E) Distorting methods of data collection

Question 2

Dr.George Clemmons studies the nature of friendship bonds between children under the age of 8 years old.Since children are a vulnerable population,George must take extra precautions to ensure his research meets ethical standards.Which of the following conditions must George meet in order to avoid unethical research conduct?

Accepted Answer

A) George must obtain written permission from the legal guardian(s)of the children he plans to study. 
B) George must ensure he is never alone with the children he is studying. 
C) George must follow standard ethical principles to protect his child participants from harm. 
D) Both A and C. 
E) Both B and C. 
A) George must obtain written permission from the legal guardian(s)of the children he plans to study. 
B) George must ensure he is never alone with the children he is studying. 
C) George must follow standard ethical principles to protect his child participants from harm. 
D) Both A and C. 
E) Both B and C.

Question 3

What is the purpose of informed consent?

Accepted Answer

A) It means that information a researcher gets from a subject may be used in any way by the researcher,even against the desires,beliefs,or wishes of the research subject. 
B) It documents that a researcher has followed the principle of voluntary participation. 
C) It gives permission from the government to study certain &ldquo;taboo&rdquo;topics. 
D) It protects researchers and teachers from outside interference when they debate ideas,investigate issues,or discuss findings. 
E) It gives a researcher the right to see government documents. 
A) It means that information a researcher gets from a subject may be used in any way by the researcher,even against the desires,beliefs,or wishes of the research subject. 
B) It documents that a researcher has followed the principle of voluntary participation. 
C) It gives permission from the government to study certain &ldquo;taboo&rdquo;topics. 
D) It protects researchers and teachers from outside interference when they debate ideas,investigate issues,or discuss findings. 
E) It gives a researcher the right to see government documents.

Question 4

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 5

A researcher asks some teenagers to shoplift from a drugstore while he observes so he can learn more about how they do it.This researcher may be violating the ethical principle that says

Accepted Answer

A) do not cause physical harm. 
B) avoid causing psychological abuse or stress. 
C) do not create new inequalities. 
D) do not place subjects in legal jeopardy. 
E) none of the above;it is not unethical. 
A) do not cause physical harm. 
B) avoid causing psychological abuse or stress. 
C) do not create new inequalities. 
D) do not place subjects in legal jeopardy. 
E) none of the above;it is not unethical.

Question 6

Define the following:privacy

Accepted Answer

Privacy is the state of being free from

Question 7

The use of coercion to secure participants for a research project can be a tricky issue.In which of the following scenarios is the coercion used to secure research participants considered ethical?

Accepted Answer

A) Megan,a Canadian undergraduate student,volunteered for a study in which she was asked to look at disturbing pictures and report her emotional responses because her professor made research participation a requirement of the course she was completing. 
B) Chris,a prisoner at Warkworth Institution,complied with a request to be interviewed about his experience of prison violence because he was worried he would receive worse treatment from the guards if he refused to comply. 
C) Brandon,a 14-year-old high school student,agreed to complete a survey on his beliefs and behaviour pertaining to drug use because the researcher was his English teacher&rsquo;s wife and he worried refusing to participate would upset his teacher. 
D) Brent,a graduate student at a competitive university,witnessed a group of children shoplifting at the mall.Brent told the children he would turn them in and inform their parents of the shoplifting unless thy agreed to participate in his study on peer pressure. 
E) Dr.Benton,an esteemed criminologist,responds to distress calls with police officers to interview persons who have been victimized.Knowing female victims of spousal abuse might be reticent to talk to her out of loyalty to their partners,Dr.Benton secretly tells the victims their husbands will not be charged if they cooperate with her. 
A) Megan,a Canadian undergraduate student,volunteered for a study in which she was asked to look at disturbing pictures and report her emotional responses because her professor made research participation a requirement of the course she was completing. 
B) Chris,a prisoner at Warkworth Institution,complied with a request to be interviewed about his experience of prison violence because he was worried he would receive worse treatment from the guards if he refused to comply. 
C) Brandon,a 14-year-old high school student,agreed to complete a survey on his beliefs and behaviour pertaining to drug use because the researcher was his English teacher&rsquo;s wife and he worried refusing to participate would upset his teacher. 
D) Brent,a graduate student at a competitive university,witnessed a group of children shoplifting at the mall.Brent told the children he would turn them in and inform their parents of the shoplifting unless thy agreed to participate in his study on peer pressure. 
E) Dr.Benton,an esteemed criminologist,responds to distress calls with police officers to interview persons who have been victimized.Knowing female victims of spousal abuse might be reticent to talk to her out of loyalty to their partners,Dr.Benton secretly tells the victims their husbands will not be charged if they cooperate with her.

Question 8

Define the following:whistle-blower

Accepted Answer

A person who sees ethical wron

Question 9

What is informed consent? Why was it developed? How does it protect research subjects?

Accepted Answer

Informed consent is an agreement by part

Question 10

Define the following:scientific misconduct

Accepted Answer

Unethical behaviour in which a

Question 11

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 12

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies the keeping of confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

A) A researcher destroys her data five years after her study is completed 
B) A researcher redacts the names of participants from interview transcripts before donating them to a public library 
C) A researcher quantifies participants&rsquo;individual survey responses and publishes the statistical means of her sample&rsquo;s responses to each survey question 
D) A researcher assigns a random number to each interviewee and uses these numbers,rather than participants&rsquo;names,to label interview recordings 
E) A researcher convenes a focus group and asks the participants to share no more than their first names with one another 
A) A researcher destroys her data five years after her study is completed 
B) A researcher redacts the names of participants from interview transcripts before donating them to a public library 
C) A researcher quantifies participants&rsquo;individual survey responses and publishes the statistical means of her sample&rsquo;s responses to each survey question 
D) A researcher assigns a random number to each interviewee and uses these numbers,rather than participants&rsquo;names,to label interview recordings 
E) A researcher convenes a focus group and asks the participants to share no more than their first names with one another

Question 13

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 p

Question 14

Identify and define two forms of scientific misconduct and provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

Research fraud occurs when a researcher

Question 15

How do power relations,deception,and coercion to participate in research conflict with the principle of voluntary consent?

Accepted Answer

The principle of voluntary consent is an

Question 16

Define the following:research fraud

Accepted Answer

Unethical behaviour that occur

Question 17

The principle of voluntary consent in social research means

Accepted Answer

A) a professor who hands out a questionnaire to students should inform students that their participation is voluntary and that they can refuse to participate without penalty. 
B) many research findings actually have limited generalizability to those subjects/respondents who agree to participate in research. 
C) this norm is violated in covert field research. 
D) a researcher using deception should tell subjects that they can leave at any time. 
E) all of the above. 
A) a professor who hands out a questionnaire to students should inform students that their participation is voluntary and that they can refuse to participate without penalty. 
B) many research findings actually have limited generalizability to those subjects/respondents who agree to participate in research. 
C) this norm is violated in covert field research. 
D) a researcher using deception should tell subjects that they can leave at any time. 
E) all of the above.

Question 18

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 19

Define the following:confidentiality

Accepted Answer

Information is collected with

Which of the following is not a form of scientific misconduct?

What is the purpose of informed consent?

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

A researcher asks some teenagers to shoplift from a drugstore while he observes so he can learn more about how they do it.This researcher may be violating the ethical principle that says

Define the following:privacy

The use of coercion to secure participants for a research project can be a tricky issue.In which of the following scenarios is the coercion used to secure research participants considered ethical?

Define the following:whistle-blower

What is informed consent? Why was it developed? How does it protect research subjects?

Define the following:scientific misconduct

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?

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies the keeping of confidentiality?

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

Identify and define two forms of scientific misconduct and provide an example of each.

How do power relations,deception,and coercion to participate in research conflict with the principle of voluntary consent?

Define the following:research fraud

The principle of voluntary consent in social research means

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

Define the following:confidentiality

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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Exam 3: Ethics in Social Research

Which of the following is not a form of scientific misconduct?

What is the purpose of informed consent?

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

A researcher asks some teenagers to shoplift from a drugstore while he observes so he can learn more about how they do it.This researcher may be violating the ethical principle that says

Define the following:privacy

The use of coercion to secure participants for a research project can be a tricky issue.In which of the following scenarios is the coercion used to secure research participants considered ethical?

Define the following:whistle-blower

What is informed consent? Why was it developed? How does it protect research subjects?

Define the following:scientific misconduct

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?

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies the keeping of confidentiality?

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

Identify and define two forms of scientific misconduct and provide an example of each.

How do power relations,deception,and coercion to participate in research conflict with the principle of voluntary consent?

Define the following:research fraud

The principle of voluntary consent in social research means

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

Define the following:confidentiality

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

Filters