The ethical requirement of social scientific research that research subjects be informed as to the nature of the research about to be conducted, their anticipated role in it, and the uses to which the data they provide will be put is known as ________.

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Informed consent is the ethical requirement of informing research participants about the nature and purpose of the study, their role in it, and how their data will be used. This helps to ensure that participants have given voluntary and informed consent to participate in the research. The other options are related to different research methods or aspects of ethical research, but do not refer specifically to obtaining informed consent from participants.

The Ethical Requirement of Social Scientific Research That Research Subjects