Question

Dr. Lewis decided to study the television viewing habits of her students and therefore demanded that they complete and return a survey regarding their viewing habits. Which of the following ethical principles was clearly violated in this study?
a. the right to have a copy of the resultsb. the right to have a copy of the surveyc. the right to be protected from unnecessary risk of harmd. the right to refuse to participate in the studye. the right to be informed of deception

Answer 1

d. The right to refuse to participate in the study is the ethical principle violated in the study.

Explanation:

Dr. Lewis decided to conduct a study on the television viewing habits of her students. So she demanded her students her complete and return the survey regarding their television viewing habits.

The survey is about making the self-report which is used to know about the feelings, attitudes and beliefs of the participant.

Lewis forced her students to complete the survey, here Lewis violates the rights of the students to refuse the survey.