A professor conducts a study using students as participants. Some of the students wanted to drop out of the study, but the professor told them they needed to stay in the study in order to provide valid results. What was violated in this study?
A) informed consent
B) empirical research
C) content analysis
D) observational method

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Informed consent was violated because participants must be allowed to withdraw from a study at any time without penalty or coercion. Telling students they needed to stay for the results to be valid is a form of coercion, undermining the voluntary nature of participation.

A Professor Conducts a Study Using Students as Participants