In Developing a Research Contract with a Sponsor, It Would

question 47

Multiple Choice

In developing a research contract with a sponsor, it would usually be unethical to:

• A)agree to publish the results only if they turn out a certain way.
• B)provide the sponsor with more data than they thought they were going to get.
• C)inform the participants in the research of who the sponsor is.
• D)give the sponsor any control over the release of the research results.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates the degree of spread or scattering within a data set.

Nearly Normal Condition

Nearly normal condition refers to a situation where a dataset or distribution closely approximates a normal distribution, meeting certain criteria for statistical analyses.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from a dataset, that is used to estimate the likelihood of containing the true mean or proportion of the whole population.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, typically influencing the shape of the distribution.