Which of the Following Practices Might Be Unethical

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following practices might be unethical?

• A) the use of secondary data alone when the research requires primary data collection
• B) the client is billed a fixed fee for the project
• C) the unnecessary collection of expensive primary data when the research problem can be addressed based on secondary sources alone
• D) both A and C are correct

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