Potential Research Participants Are Told Enough About an Upcoming Study

question 245

Multiple Choice

Potential research participants are told enough about an upcoming study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.This illustrates the practice of seeking

• A) a representative sample.
• B) informed consent.
• C) an operational definition.
• D) a placebo effect.

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Definitions:

Premarket Testing

The process of evaluating the market potential of a new product or service before its full-scale launch, often involving selected consumers or client feedback.

Concept Testing

The process in which a concept statement that describes a product or a service is presented to potential buyers or users to obtain their reactions.

Late Majority

A category of consumers in the diffusion of innovation model who adopt a new product or technology after the average member of a society.

Beta Testing

The second phase of software testing in which a sample of the intended audience uses the product in a real environment to identify defects.