Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each item by whether it is an ethical protection for participants or a genuine violation.
Groups: Ethical protection · Ethical violation
- IRB review of risks before any data is collected
- Publishing data in a way that identifies participants by name
- Using unjustified deception with no debriefing afterward
- Letting a participant stop at any time without penalty
- Explaining a study's purpose, risks, and benefits before enrollment
Hints
- Protections uphold consent, withdrawal, confidentiality, and prior review; violations strip those away.
- Naming participants or deceiving without debriefing breaks core protections.
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Ethical protection: Explaining a study's purpose, risks, and benefits before enrollment, Letting a participant stop at any time without penalty, IRB review of risks before any data is collected
Ethical violation: Publishing data in a way that identifies participants by name, Using unjustified deception with no debriefing afterward
Why
Informed consent, the right to withdraw, and IRB review are protections; identifying participants publicly and unjustified undebriefed deception are violations. Ethics is the presence of these safeguards, not merely the absence of obvious cruelty.
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