What Is Risk/benefit Ratio

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Multiple Choice

What is risk/benefit ratio?

• A) The ratio between the risks that the researcher may face and the benefits that may that may derive out of the study
• B) The ratio between the potential risks to those participating in a study and the benefits that the study may have for advancing knowledge about humanity
• C) The ratio between the risk and the benefits for the humans participating in the study
• D) The ratio between the risk the researcher may face in conducting the study and the benefits it will have for the participants

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Definitions:

Human Laboratory Studies

Research experiments conducted in controlled environments on human subjects to study behavior, reactions, or biological processes.

Generalizability

The extent to which findings or conclusions from a study can be applied to broader contexts beyond the study settings or subjects.

Replication

The process of repeating a research study or experiment with the aim of finding out if the original findings can be reproduced and thus validated.

Double-Blind

A study or clinical trial design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.