Question

TRUE OR FALSE

5. In addition to ethical guidelines for research with human participants, there are published guidelines for research with animals.

6. Survey researchers suggest that participant observation yields invalid data because the observers, simply by being there, change people's behaviour.

7. The diversity of participants in research is, among other things, not an ethical issue.

8. The researcher manipulates all independent variables.

9. The researcher may choose to manipulate the independent variable in order to see what effect it has on the dependent variable.

10. Stimulus variables may be either manipulated by the experimenter or an already existing part of the environment in which the research is being conducted.

Answer 1

Answer:

(5.) TRUE. They are developed by the National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT). Since the concept of informed consent is absent among nonhuman animals. This guidelines become even more important.

(6.) TRUE. The observer presence can change the behavior of the group. They may also change the social dynamics of the group and influence the subject they are studying.

(7.) FALSE. It is an ethical responsibility of the researcher to understand how well research findings apply to different sexes, different ethnic groups, and different age groups.

(8.) FALSE. Many times, the researcher could only measure the variables but not manipulate it. For example in the study of the effects of pollution on children's asthma. Researchers can track and monitor the pollution levels of the city in a given period and tally it with the records of hospital admissions for asthma treatment. But here an independent variable Pollution is measured not manipulated.

(9.) TRUE. As the name suggests, researcher can manipulate the independent variable to see how it affects the depending dependent variable.

(10.) TRUE. Stimulus variable by definition is the part of the environment to which a participant reacts. It is natural part of the environment where the research is conducted or manipulated by the researcher.