Scenario: A researcher is conducting research on behalf of a medical company. After testing the equipment with one hundred patients, he realizes that the equipment being marketed is defective and in 25% of the cases, the equipment can fail and lead to death. a. What should the researcher do? b. In this instance what do you think would be classified as 'ethical misconduct'? c. The researcher is of the opinion that he can discard the research and attempt it again using a different set of patients. Explain whether or not this is the right thing to do.

Scenario: A researcher is conducting research on behalf of a medical company. After testing the equipment with one hundred patients, he realizes that the equipment being marketed is defective and in 25% of the cases, the equipment can fail and lead to death. a. What should the researcher do? b. In this instance what do you think would be classified as 'ethical misconduct'? c. The researcher is of the opinion that he can discard the research and attempt it again using a different set of patients. Explain whether or not this is the right thing to do.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

Problem 27PPS

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