You decide to study a new religious group that has bought the house next door by attending their meetings twice a week for a period of approximately eight to ten months.Which of the following decisions must you now make?
A) whether to use a structured interview or a self-administered questionnaire
B) whether to let people know they are being studied
C) whether to randomly assign subjects or allow self-selection into the experimental and control groups
D) what available data should be included in the secondary analysis

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As an ethical researcher, it is important to let people know they are being studied. This allows individuals to make an informed decision about whether or not they want to participate in the religious group and be observed by a researcher. It also helps to prevent any potential harm or discomfort that may arise from being observed without consent. The other choices (A, C, and D) are not applicable in this scenario, as this is an observational study rather than an experimental one, and data is being collected through field research rather than from pre-existing data sets.

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