Situations a, b, and c describe three research situations involving possible ethical violations (Babbie 2010a). Match each situation with the appropriate aspect of the social science code of ethics for research on human subjects. ____ a. After a field study of deviant behavior during a riot, law enforcement officials demand that the researcher identify those people who were observed looting. Rather than risk arrest as an accomplice after the fact, the researcher complies. ____ b. A research questionnaire is circulated among students as part of their university registration packet. Although students are not told they must complete the questionnaire, the hope is that they will believe they must, thus ensuring a higher completion rate. ____ c. Researchers obtain a list of right-wing radicals they wish to study. They contact the radicals with the explanation that each has been selected “at random,” from among the general population, to take a sampling of “public opinion.” (1) concern for participants’ privacy (2) avoidance of deception (3) obligation not to harm participants
Situations a, b, and c describe three research situations
involving possible ethical violations (Babbie 2010a).
Match each situation with the appropriate aspect of
the social science code of ethics for research on human
subjects.
____ a. After a field study of deviant behavior during
a riot, law enforcement officials demand that
the researcher identify those people who were
observed looting. Rather than risk arrest as an
accomplice after the fact, the researcher complies.
____ b. A research questionnaire is circulated among
students as part of their university registration
packet. Although students are not told they
must complete the questionnaire, the hope is
that they will believe they must, thus ensuring a
higher completion rate.
____ c. Researchers obtain a list of right-wing radicals
they wish to study. They contact the radicals
with the explanation that each has been selected
“at random,” from among the general population, to take a sampling of “public opinion.”
(1) concern for participants’ privacy
(2) avoidance of deception
(3) obligation not to harm participants
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