A sports psychologist is seeking a screening task for talent identification that does not favour one gender over the other.He recruits a sample of 119 athletes (70 male and 49 female)and records the time taken to complete the task.The distribution has a very long tail so he decides to conduct a nonparametric test in SPSS.The output is shown below: Which of the following statements is true?
A)The long tail in the distribution suggests that because some people had difficulty doing the task this means the task is not fair.
B)If some people had difficulty doing the task the research is not ethical.
C)Task difficulty does not itself make the research unethical it is a matter of whether the research violates ethical principles.
D)The long tail in the distribution suggests that because some people had difficulty doing the task this means the task is not fair but the research itself is ethical.
E)The research is ethical because sports psychology is a science and science is part of society.

Question

A sports psychologist is seeking a screening task for talent identification that does not favour one gender over the other.He recruits a sample of 119 athletes (70 male and 49 female)and records the time taken to complete the task.The distribution has a very long tail so he decides to conduct a nonparametric test in SPSS.The output is shown below:  Which of the following statements is true?
A)The long tail in the distribution suggests that because some people had difficulty doing the task this means the task is not fair. 
B)If some people had difficulty doing the task the research is not ethical. 
C)Task difficulty does not itself make the research unethical it is a matter of whether the research violates ethical principles. 
D)The long tail in the distribution suggests that because some people had difficulty doing the task this means the task is not fair but the research itself is ethical. 
E)The research is ethical because sports psychology is a science and science is part of society.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The long tail in the distribution does not necessarily mean that the task is unfair or unethical. Task difficulty is a separate issue from ethical principles in research. It is important to consider whether the research violates ethical standards, such as obtaining informed consent and protecting participant confidentiality, regardless of the difficulty of the task. Thus, Option C is the correct answer. Option A and D are incorrect because the long tail could be due to the natural variation in ability levels among participants rather than an unfair task. Option B is incorrect because having difficulty with a task does not necessarily make the research unethical. Option E is incorrect because the ethics of the research cannot simply be justified by the fact that sports psychology is a scientific field.

A Sports Psychologist Is Seeking a Screening Task for Talent