Professor Jones Was Just Asked to Stop Conducting One of His

question 261

Multiple Choice

Professor Jones was just asked to stop conducting one of his experiments. The experiment involved deception and the department chair said that he had failed to live up to his ethical responsibility. Most likely, Professor Jones failed to include which of the following in his study?

• A)Post-test assessment
• B)Random assignment
• C)Double-blind procedure
• D)Repeated measures
• E)Informed consent

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