Author Question: The Centers for Disease Control reports that as of 2006, the number of reported AIDS cases in the ... (Read 108 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

The Centers for Disease Control reports that as of 2006, the number of reported AIDS cases in the
United States was about

A) 98,000.
B) 983,000.
C) 1,793,000.
D) over 2.5 million.

Question 2

What are the three golden rules that all ethical standards have regardless of the discipline or research methods used?

What will be an ideal response?

juiceman1987 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

Regardless of the discipline or research methods used, all ethical standards have three golden rules. First, do no harm by causing participants physical, psychological, or emotional pain. Second, the researcher must get the participants' informed consent to be in a study. This includes the participants knowing what the study is about and how the results will be used. Sociologists can use deception (such as not revealing that they are researchers) if doing so doesn't harm the participants, if the research has been approved by an IRB, and if the researcher explains the purpose of the study to participants at the end of the research. Third, researchers must always protect a participant's confidentiality, even if the participant has broken a law that she or he tells the researcher about.