A fellow student is interested in how careful freshmen are about safe sex precautions.To conduct her research,she plans to ask fifty first-year students on campus to be interviewed about "adjustment to college life." She has decided to use this topic as a cover because she believes that few students would attend interviews that were explicitly about "safe sex." Is this student's rationale for not disclosing the real purpose of the interview ethical? What other steps should she take to assure that the research is conducted in an ethical manner?

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The Answer of A fellow student is interested in how careful freshmen are about safe sex precautions.To conduct her research,she plans to ask fifty first-year students on campus to be interviewed about "adjustment to college life." She has decided to use this topic as a cover because she believes that few students would attend interviews that were explicitly about "safe sex." Is this student's rationale for not disclosing the real purpose of the interview ethical? What other steps should she take to assure that the research is conducted in an ethical manner?

A Fellow Student Is Interested in How Careful Freshmen Are