Informed Consent of Participants Is Often a Problem for Researchers

question 16

Multiple Choice

Informed consent of participants is often a problem for researchers because:

• A)understanding and signing the informed consent is time-consuming.
• B)knowledge of the hypothesis may bias the participants' responses.
• C)participants are rarely interested to know the details of the experiment.
• D)researchers themselves are not informed completely about the procedures.

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