Introductory Statistics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 1, Problem 41P
Discuss potential violations of the rule requiring informed consent.
a. Inmates in a correctional facility are offered good behavior credit in return for participation in a study.
b. A research study is designed to investigate a new children’s allergy medication.
c. Participants in a study are told that the new medication being tested is highly promising. but they are not told that only a small portion of participants will receive the new medication. Others will receive placebo treatments and traditional treatments.
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