Often social scientists are employed outside of the academic or university setting. When working for a
sponsor that has a keen interest in your research findings, which of the following scenarios is considered
ethical?
A) An environmental sociologist agrees to include questionaire items on a survey that will shed a
"positive" light on an environmental organization in exchange for access to study the members of the
organization.
B) A social scientist working for a local school district does NOT report findings that show a decrease in
student language comprehension after the school district implements a new language comprehension
program.
C) A medical sociologist working for a drug company refuses to conduct a satisfaction study on patients
taking a experimental drug selected by the drug company.
D) A community sociologist hired by a large corporation agrees NOT to publish an article that shows the
corporation has had a negative impact on the local economy.
C
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a. decrease b. increase c. remain the same d. it is not possible to predict
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Despite the widespread use of employer-sponsored health insurance, over 20% of working adults in the U.S. lack health insurance.
A group psychotherapeutic intervention uses gestalt therapy to attenuate anxiety. The group
facilitator believes the interventions are effective, but wants objective research to triangulate his assumptions. Therefore he collaborates with a social science researcher and together they decide to measure anxiety by using the Beck's anxiety inventory. What type of variable is anxiety? a) Independent b) Dependent c) Independent and dependent d) Extraneous
A researcher interested in the effectiveness of organized diet groups on weight loss weighed five clients after several weeks on the program. The weight-loss scores (in pounds) we as follows:
13 12 6 9 10 Calculate the (a) range, (b) inter-quartile range, and (c) variance and standard deviation for these weight-loss scores. What would be an ideal response?