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Responsibilities as a Researcher MCQ

Researchers should promptly respond to participants’ requests for information about the nature, results, and conclusions of the research they are participating in.

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Correct Answer: True

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An IRB is a panel established to review research proposals for their cost-effectiveness.

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Correct Answer: False

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A literature review is your summary and evaluation of what other researchers working on your topic have published.

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Correct Answer: True

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The overall focus of codes of ethics in human communication research is to protect the researcher from legal action.

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Correct Answer: False

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In communication research, a “confederate” is a research participant who ______.

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Correct Answer: Has been briefed by the researcher to behave in a particular way

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Researchers have an ethical responsibility to readers of their research reports as well as to their research participants.

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Correct Answer: True

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In communication research, the term “anonymity” means that information a participant provides ______.

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Correct Answer: Cannot be linked to the participant

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What is the “Common Rule”?

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Correct Answer: Federal policy for the protection of human subjects in research

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Unobtrusive measures research is based on the assumption that people’s permission must be obtained before observing their behavior.

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Correct Answer: False

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Proprietary information is information that may be reproduced without permission.

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Correct Answer: False

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Professional codes of conduct generally allow deception in research designs as long as the participants are made aware of the deception immediately after the study is concluded.

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Correct Answer: True

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It is never possible to use e-consents for your research.

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Correct Answer: False

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Anonymity means that the data you collect from people cannot identify them.

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Correct Answer: True

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In communication research, the term “confidentiality” means that information a participant provides ______.

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Correct Answer: Can be linked to the participant

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The 1948 Nuremberg Code emphasized that research subjects must consent to the research in which they are involved and that the benefits of the research must outweigh the risks.

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Correct Answer: True

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Judeo-Christian Ethic, In the context of human subjects research, the precept of not doing to others what you would not want done to yourself. This ethic is shared by many religions.

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Correct Answer: True

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Search engine is a device such as Google or Yahoo that retrieves information from the ____.

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Correct Answer: Web

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_____ is the process of ensuring that research partici­pants receive a follow-up explanation of the research when it is completed.

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Correct Answer: Debriefing

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Peer review is a process of having one’s research ______ by other researchers in the author’s field prior to publication.

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Correct Answer: Reviewed

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Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) is a panel established to review_____ for their impact on human participants.

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Correct Answer: Research proposals

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Common rule is a rule in Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects.

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Correct Answer: True

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Justice is a ______ principle that the benefits and risks of research should be distributed fairly.

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Correct Answer: Belmont report

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A Belmont Report principle that human subjects research should maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harm to participants is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Beneficence

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Autonomy is a belmont report principle

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ outlines three basic ethical principles—autonomy, beneficence, and justice—covering research with human subjects.

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Correct Answer: Belmont report

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Informed consent is a process by which potential research participants are informed of the nature of the research and given the opportunity to sign or not sign a voluntary agreement to participate.

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Correct Answer: True

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The World Medical Association’s international ethical guidelines for medical professionals researching human subjects is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Declaration of Helsinki

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An international code emphasizing that research subjects must consent to the research in which they are involved and that the benefits of the research must outweigh the risks which is _____.

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Correct Answer: Nuremberg Code

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Individuals who participate in an experiment are called _____.

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Correct Answer: Subjects

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Veil of ignorance is proposed by _____ which states that we take a dispassionate approach, reviewing all sides of a decision equally. We are asked to “wear a veil” that blinds us to all information about ourselves that might cloud our judgment.

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Correct Answer: John Rawls

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The principle of the greatest good for the greatest number is called principle of _____.

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Correct Answer: Utilitarianism

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Categorical imperative is proposed by _____, a behavior is valid if one is willing to see it applied as a universal rule.

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Correct Answer: Immanuel Kant

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When data cannot be used without the owner's permission, this is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Proprietary

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Anonymity is a way of protecting research participants in that the data collected from them does not identify them in any way.

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Correct Answer: True

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The assurance given to research participants that the researcher will not release any information that will identify them is known as _____.

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Correct Answer: Confidentiality

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Unobtrusive Measures are observations of people's behavior ____ them being aware of such observation.

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Correct Answer: Except

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Participants in a study who have been briefed by the researcher to behave in a particular way are called ____.

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Correct Answer: Confederates

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