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Web Exercises

1. Go to the American Psychological Association’s ethical code: APA Ethical Code

• Explore the 10 ethical standards
• Where would you find the ethical standard on distorting data in research?
• Read through that particular standard
• Do you think there is enough guidance on the ethics of distorting data?
• Why or why not?
• What else would you add?

2. 1. Go to NIH Spends Millions to Study Alternative Therapy

• Listen to the podcast and/or read the transcript
• What is the purpose of the study?
• What is the null hypothesis?
• What type of parametric or nonparametric test do you think the researchers would conduct to determine the results of their data?