Many Possible Applications of Scientific Knowledge Raise Ethical Issues for Some

question 56

Multiple Choice

Many possible applications of scientific knowledge raise ethical issues for some people.Which application,however,would be rejected by all responsible scientists?

• A) Selecting the sex of one's children
• B) Using stem cells as part of medical treatments
• C) Modifying the human genome
• D) Using scientific knowledge to dictate how the world ought to be
• E) All of the above would be rejected by scientists.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population. It is a parameter that describes the central tendency of the entire population.

Sample Mean

The average of all values in a subset of a population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Standard Deviation

The square root of the variance of a group, measuring how far individual measurements in the population deviate from the population mean.

Confidence Intervals

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain level of confidence.