Chat with AIExam 2: How Sociologists Do Research
In the 1970s, a sociologist observed sexual encounters in public washrooms without revealing his identity to participants.He did not debrief the participants.Which characteristic of ethical research would debriefing have improved?
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Define the basic principles of research ethics and give examples of research procedures that ensure they are being followed.
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Answered by Examlex AI CopilotThe basic principles of research ethics include respect for the dignity and rights of participants, ensuring their well-being and safety, obtaining informed consent, maintaining confidentiality, and conducting research with integrity and honesty.
Examples of research procedures that ensure these principles are being followed include obtaining informed consent from participants before conducting any research activities, ensuring that participants have the right to withdraw from the study at any time, protecting their privacy and confidentiality by using anonymized data and secure storage methods, and obtaining ethical approval from institutional review boards before conducting any research involving human participants. Additionally, researchers should also disclose any potential conflicts of interest and adhere to professional codes of conduct in their respective fields. These procedures help to ensure that research is conducted ethically and with the well-being of participants as a top priority.
What does the textbook example of OTTFFSSENT demonstrate?
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What is a variable and what is its relationship to a concept? Illustrate your answer with examples.
(64) What do you call the person who answers a researcher's questions?
(88) Akiko is studying the Toronto chapter of the Liberal Party of Canada.Who would be her best key informant?
(90) Which of the following is the most common objection of sociologists to removing participants from their natural social settings to a laboratory in experimental research?
(70) A researcher decides to measure happiness by the number of times a person smiles each hour.What process has she accomplished?
(93) What is the main advantage of an outsider's viewpoint for acquiring knowledge of an organization?
(74) A researcher decides to use income as a measure of social class position.Which of the following processes is this researcher engaging in?
(78) Income is not likely to be the cause of gender.Which test of causality is the relationship of these variables likely to fail?
(101) A group of sociologists is interested in studying Canadian university students' attitudes toward the federal government.They only have funding for a survey of 1,500 respondents.In order to generate a set of meaningful responses, what type of the sample should they design?
(90) Answer questions based on the following table.
-What is the total sample size?
-What is the total sample size? (80) The textbook makes a point that concrete level of experience is, by itself, which of the following?
(81) Which of the following terms refers to unverified but testable statements about the phenomena that researchers are interested in?
(85) Which of the following terms refers to a sample into which respondents are chosen at random?
(81) What are the main ethical considerations of research? Give an example of each.
(73) When conducting research with human beings, what must sociologists respect?
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