PSY-124 Chapter Notes - Chapter Analysis: Internal Validity, Psy
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An ethical analysis: psy 124: what kind of study was this? (descriptive, experimental, correlational?) What kind of claim does this study allow you to make? a. I believe this study is an experimental research study because there is one manipulated variable, which is the amount of time (sixteen or thirty hours) worked straight by a resident without taking a break. This kind of claim allows for you to make a causal claim, since these are cause-effect claims: post a paragraph and explain if you believe that the researchers" actions violated ethical principles of research. You should reflect on at least three issues that you think might present ethical concerns in this study. a. I believe that the researchers" actions violated ethical principles of research and went outside the realms of basic ethical common courtesy. First, the patients included in this study were not giving permission to be part of this study.
