Pooja Conducts a Study as Part of Her Honors Thesis

question 17

Multiple Choice

Pooja conducts a study as part of her honors thesis in psychology and finds a surprising result. Before publishing the finding in a psychology journal, Pooja wants to be more confident that it did not happen by chance. What should Pooja consider doing?

• A) debriefing her participants
• B) rerunning the study to see if the result replicates
• C) contacting the IRB
• D) rerunning the study, this time using deception

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