In research involving deception, why do researchers engage in dehoaxing and desensitization?

What will be an ideal response?

Dehoaxing involves telling participants how they were deceived and why it was necessary; further, they learn the purpose of the study. Desensitization pertains to eliminating any possible negative feelings by the participants so they leave in a positive state of mind.

Political Science

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Two common confounding variables that must be controlled in a nonequivalent control-group design are

A) selection and regression to the mean. B) selection and maturation. C) maturation and regression to the mean. D) sequence effects and maturation.

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An example of a regressive tax is

a. a tax that applies to larger percentages of income as income increases. b. the federal income tax. c. a tax that is proportionally a higher effective rate for lower incomes than higher incomes. d. tax rebates.

Political Science