In Practice, Institutional Review Board Members Are Often Guided by the Consideration

question 28

Multiple Choice

In practice, institutional review board members are often guided by the consideration that the benefits of participation in a study should justify such costs to the participant, from the time they invest in taking part to any negative experiences that might result, such as answering intensely personal questions on a survey. This consideration MOST directly reflects the Belmont Report's principle of ______.

• A) beneficence
• B) justice
• C) respect for persons
• D) right to privacy

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Definitions:

Mean Difference

The average difference between two sets of data. It is commonly used in comparisons of before and after measurements or between experimental and control groups.

Standard Deviation

An assessment of the range of variation or dispersion present in a set of numeric values, demonstrating how spread out the values are in relation to the average.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, calculated by summing all the values and then dividing by the total number of values.

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