Ethical Considerations in Research Quiz

What are the goals of human research?

• Designing video games

• Creating fictional stories

• Understanding real life phenomena

• Exploring outer space

Why do research ethics matter?

• To win awards

• For scientific integrity, human rights, and collaboration between science and society

• To become famous

• To make money

What is the role of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in research?

• To increase research credibility

• To ignore ethical considerations

• To check if research aims and design are ethically acceptable

• To promote unethical behavior

What does voluntary participation mean in research?

• Forcing participants to join the study

• Participants are free to opt in or out of the study at any point in time

• Participants are paid to participate

• Participants must stay in the study forever

What is informed consent in research?

• Participants are not informed about the study

• Participants are informed after the study is completed

• Participants know the purpose, benefits, risks, and funding behind the study before they agree to join

• Participants are kept in the dark about the study

What does anonymity mean in research?

• Participants' identities are known to everyone

• Participants' identities are kept hidden

• Participants' identities are sold to third parties

• Participants' identities are shared on social media

What is confidentiality in research?

• Participants' identities are publicly disclosed

• Participants' identities are used for marketing purposes

• Participants' identities are shared with unauthorized individuals

• Participants' identities are kept hidden from everyone else

How should potential harm be handled in research?

• Maximize harm to participants

• Increase potential harm for better results

• Keep harm to an absolute minimum

• Ignore potential harm

What is the importance of results communication in research?

• Plagiarize work for better results

• Ensure work is free of plagiarism and accurately represent results

• Misrepresent results for personal gain

• Hide results from the public

Why is it necessary to prevent permanent or excessive harm to participants in research?

• To increase credibility of the research

• To lower the credibility of the research

• To make participants happy

• To make the research more interesting