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BST Survey Methods 1.Ethical standards are set by:: Federal Government 2.Ethical standards are administered by:: local Institutional Review Boards (IRB)
3.IRB: Institutional Review Board
4.Laud Humphrey's Tearoom Trade: Anonymous sexual encounters in
public restrooms in Chicago parks He followed them to parking lot to get their license plate number and find their address to conduct a census type interview
5.What are criticisms of the Tearoom Trade study?: The participants
didn't know they were participants
6.Defend the Tearoom Trade study.: Laud Humphrey's work partially
contributed to the de-stigmatization of being gay 1 / 3
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7.Stanley Milgram's Study of Obedience: Why do people follow orders
even when they know they're hurting someone?Studying the response of "teacher" as they were given orders to "hurt" the student. Electric shock was "administered" when the student missed a word association.
8.Traditional Informed Consent: Voluntary participation, confidential,
participant should know what is expected of them, no harm should come to the participant, the participants should know the sponsor of the study
9.Modern Informed Consent: Should report limitations of study,
should make study participation available to diverse set of respondents, should conduct high quality studies
10.Study Design: the methodological plan for your study that allows
you to gather information to meet your research objectives
11.Unit of Analysis: the GROUP you are trying to make statements
about 12.Examples of Unit of Analysis: Residents of Boston, pregnant 2 / 3
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women, a health center, schools, hospitals
13.Unit of Observation: the source you get information from about
the unit of analysis
14.Examples of Unit of Observation: TEENS giving info about
themselves, POLICE giving info about teens
15.Variable: the information you are collecting about a unit of analysis
16.Example of a Variable: age, education, attitudes, beliefs, behavior
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