A recent experiment conducted by the dating site OKCupid investigated the effect of intentionally mismatching people.On what grounds would sociologists most likely oppose such research?
A) Participants were being watched.
B) Participants' personal information was collected.
C) Participants were unwitting subjects.
D) Participants' behaviour was being manipulated.

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Sociologists would most likely oppose the research on the grounds that participants were unwitting subjects, meaning they were not aware that they were part of an experiment, which raises ethical concerns about consent and autonomy in research.

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