You are conducting research dealing with recreational marijuana use. You plan to ask questions of subjects brought into the laboratory, and in order to pay them, you need their names and addresses. You tell the subjects that you plan not to reveal their answers to your questions. What type of technique are you using?

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Confidentiality refers to the practice of keeping participants' information private and not disclosing their responses or personal data to others. In this scenario, by promising not to reveal the subjects' answers while still collecting their names and addresses for payment purposes, you are ensuring confidentiality, not anonymity, since you know their identities.

You Are Conducting Research Dealing with Recreational Marijuana Use