According to Box 3

question 7

Multiple Choice

According to Box 3.3, which of the following is true of the ethics of data collection and analysis in the social sciences?

• A) Because of pressures to publish, data fabrication is relatively common.
• B) Reporting fraudulent data only hurts the individual scientist who fabricates it.
• C) Falsification may occur when a researcher excludes certain cases from the analysis to obtain a desired outcome.
• D) ASA and APA ethical codes fail to spell out ethical standards pertaining to data collection and analysis.

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Definitions:

Reverse Stock Split

A corporate action that consolidates the number of existing shares of stock into fewer, proportionally more valuable, shares.

Shares Outstanding

The sum of all shares of a company currently held by its investors, encompassing both large block holdings by institutional investors and shares that are under restrictions.

Liquidating Dividend

A type of dividend paid by a corporation out of its capital base, as opposed to its earnings, often signaling the company is dissolving.

Dividend Policy

A company's approach to distributing profits back to its shareholders, dictating how much to pay out as dividends and how often.