You are about to do a series of interviews about drug abuse and academic performance. In order to make people feel more comfortable, you tell them that these interviews are about student satisfaction with the university and have them sign a form showing that they've willingly agreed to participate. You have the informed consent of your research subjects.

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This scenario involves a deception of the research subjects since the true purpose of the interviews is not about student satisfaction with the university. Therefore, the informed consent given by research subjects is not valid.

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