The research assistant asks the principle investigator, "Which one of our subjects responded with this strange statement?" The principle investigator responds, "I don't know, I can't connect the responses to the subjects."

Which subject right has been protected? 1. Confidentiality.
2. Privacy.
3. Anonymity.
4. Respect.


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Rationale 1: In a confidential design, the researcher can link individual responses with individual subject, but pledges not to divulge the information.
Rationale 2: In research, privacy is determined to be either confidential or anonymous.
Rationale 3: Anonymity is present when subjects' responses cannot be linked, by anyone, to their individual responses.
Rationale 4: Although this scenario does describe respect for the participant, in research terms keeping information private is described either as confidentiality or anonymity.

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