Why would there be ethical issues of risk associated with a researcher becoming part of a group without telling group members that they were being studied?

What will be an ideal response?


If a researcher joined a group without telling the members that they were being studied, those members might form friendships with the researcher and feel violated when they discovered the truth. In addition, the people in the group might engage in behaviors that they didn't feel comfortable doing in the presence of an outsider, so their privacy may be invaded.

Political Science

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which statement about the TCEQ is not true? a. The TCEQ is responsible for issuing air and water operating permits to businesses operating in Texas. b. Businesses that desire permits to use public water are able to bring intense pressure to bear on the TCEQ through political channels. c. The TCEQ has authorized so many permits for businesses to use Texas surface water that in years of

scarcity, many ofthe rivers come close to going dry. d. The TCEQ's policies have favored environmental protection over economic development. e. High percentages of whooping crane deaths were due to the lack of fresh water in Texas.

Political Science

Why are entitlements such a difficult issue for policymakers to solve?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

The largest category of nonmanipulated independent variables in psychology consists of

A) extraneous variables. B) causal variables. C) organismic variables. D) stimulus variables.

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