How Did Researchers Justify the Willowbrook Hepatitis Study

question 62

Multiple Choice

How did researchers justify the Willowbrook hepatitis study?

• A)they believed the ultimate goal of eliminating hepatitis at the institution justified the deliberate exposure to hepatitis
• B)they believed that hepatitis was so rampant that the participants would be likely to contract it anyway
• C)both of the above justifications were used
• D)the researchers made no attempt to justify the study

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Standard Deviation

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Z-scores

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