A Faculty Member Adds a Student's Name to the List

question 15

Multiple Choice

A faculty member adds a student's name to the list of authors for a research manuscript in order to help that student get into graduate school.The student's contribution to the research project was to enter responses to survey questions into the computer.This is an example of

• A)unethical assignment of authorship credit.
• B)ethical recognition of the student's contribution to the research project.
• C)deceiving participants to get them to adopt a certain attitude.
• D)failure to credit a secondary source.

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Definitions:

Probability

A statistical metric that indicates the extent of the chance of an event taking place, expressed within the range from 0 (no chance) to 1 (absolute certainty).

Binomial Probability Experiment

An experiment or process that has exactly two possible outcomes (success or failure) for each trial and where the probability of success is the same for each trial.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Standard Normal Distribution

A standard normal distribution characterized by a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.