Dr. macleod is the chair of an institutional review board at a local university. he recently received a research proposal from dr. portree. dr. portree wants to conduct a study in which she tells graduating seniors that they have failed all of their classes and will not be graduating college to see how college students cope with stress. she wants to randomly choose enrolled students at the university to send her “failing notices” and she points out that she cannot have them sign a consent form because if they know that they are in a research study they might not believe that they are failing and it will ruin the results of her study. should dr. macleod allow dr. portree to conduct her study with the university students?

In a small, closed economy, national income (gdp) is $350 million for the current year. individuals have spent $100 million on the consumption of goods and services. they have paid a total of $60 million in taxes and the government has spent $75 million on goods and services this year. use this information and the national income identity to answer the questions. how much does the economy spend on investment?

Which of the following terms is defined as supported by scientific research l and knowledge of how children and develop? a. evidence-based practices b. ethical conduct c. advocacy d. culture competence

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.