Exam 3: Ethical Issues in Social Science Research

Stephanie plans a study that will interview elderly people about traumas in the first third of their lives.Which of the following considerations is most centrally derived from the Nuremberg Code?

If you were conducting a sociology study and had particular concern about you,as the researcher,deceiving people by misrepresenting your identity,which study and subsequent scholarly dialogue would be MOST helpful to consult?

An IRB has approved a study involving deception.After the interviews,the researcher tells the subjects that although they were interviewed about public speaking nervousness,the study was really about body language.Why would the researcher disclose this?

If researchers used the model of the Human Terrain System,they might

The central ethical principle at stake in Laud Humphreys' Tearoom Study was ________;in contrast,the central ethical principle at stake in the study of Harvard Facebook users was ________.

In the course of her study on drug use,Eileen finds many instances of criminal activity.She ensures her subjects confidentiality,because before the study began she received a(n)

When the U.S.Census weighs risks and benefits of data release,statisticians sometimes determine that release of microdata risks harm to the individuals who could be identified.By not releasing certain data under these conditions,they practice

During the IRB process,the IRB informs Dr.Gold that her research is "expedited." This means

What led to the development of the Nuremberg Code?

Maria wants to avoid the Wichita jury study's ethical breach in her upcoming sociological study of twelve-step addiction recovery programs.She

Give an example of a vulnerable population.What makes these people vulnerable as research subjects?

Junmey conducts a study on water quality in a village where people are suffering from poor water.Junmey does not use her findings to help the people,even when she could,stating that the purpose of this study is for her to earn a dissertation.She says she will apply findings in later work,but not this one.Junmey has violated which Belmont principle?

Nazi experiments that caused suffering and death are universally denounced.The studies conducted by Milgram,Zimbardo,and Humphreys,however,are

The word vulnerable has many meanings.In research,what is the MOST important quality that distinguishes a population as "vulnerable"?

Tom works at a hospital and plans to conduct research on the families of persons receiving hospice care.Tom's research is not funded by the federal government,but the hospital does receive federal funds for other studies.What is Tom's institutional review board (IRB)responsibility? Tom's research

Herman is a U.S.Census statistician and notices that in one zip code there is only one Arab-American family in an otherwise white neighborhood.He chooses the statistical technique that will make the Arab-American family's presence in society noticeable,but not traceable to the actual zip code where they live.Herman chooses

A new challenge in the era of big data is that,despite simple practices of de-identifying data,unique combinations of variables may be used to identify individuals.This reconstruction of data and its source is called

Sociologist Mark Regnerus's research was funded by two conservative institutions,and its findings comported with the values of those institutions (that children raised by parents who ever had same-sex relationships had worse outcomes than others).Other sociologists questioned whether Regnerus

For a nutrition class,Samir is conducting a study about quitting smoking.He notices the process of demand characteristics at play and worries it will bias the study findings.Research subjects are

Genetic material that is donated now could be relevant for an individual's health in the future.Which of the following do sociologists consider a realistic possibility for protecting people's health with regard to genetic data,years after the initial study?