A Poverty Organization in Los Angeles Is Testing the Intervention

question 39

Multiple Choice

A poverty organization in Los Angeles is testing the intervention of cash handouts to women on welfare.Though they may produce robust sociological data,randomized field experiments such as this one carry serious ethical concerns.What is one likely ethical concern of such a project?

• A)The intervention may not work.
• B)If cash handouts for one group of women will increase,cash handouts for another group will decrease from their previous levels.
• C)The study participants may spend their money too quickly.
• D)Researchers may be arbitrarily denying some people of a known benefit.

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Definitions:

Moderate Drinking

Refers to the practice of consuming alcoholic beverages in limited amounts that are generally considered not harmful to health.

Estrogen

A group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body. Estrogen plays a crucial role in the reproductive and menstrual cycles.

DES

Diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen once prescribed to prevent miscarriages and pregnancy complications, later linked to cancer and other reproductive issues.

Teratogens

Agents, such as chemicals or viruses, that can cause developmental malformations or defects in an embryo or fetus.