In their study of early home visitation for child maltreatment prevention, Ondersma et al. (2017) provide four analytic tables (pp. 3–8) and a figure (p. 5) that outlines participant flow and attrition. What ethical guideline do the researchers best illustrate in this example?
a. evaluate honestly the strengths and weaknesses of the design
b. provide honest account of how research was carried out
c. maintain a full record of research
d. avoid "lying with statistics"
e. acknowledge the sponsors of the research