Question

A researcher submits a study to the IRB that proposes to evaluate a new after-school on-line tutoring program for middle-school students in a local school district examining the effect on student grades. She proposes to perform this assessment at the school that her children attend, because she is familiar with the school district. Students may use either their personal smartphone or computer to participate in the program. This study might be determined to be violating which principle of the Belmont Report? Respect for persons Beneficence Justice

Answer 1

Answer:

Justice.

Explanation:

The study violates the principle of justice since the researcher did not choose the study's subject right. The researcher should not select the students' population out of convenience. The researcher must analyze different factors that can affect the students in all the district before deciding where to perform the study. In this case, she did not distribute the benefits and the burdens of the study equally violating the mentioned principle.