In a social media research study on Facebook use,adolescents at the beginning of the study were told by the researcher about the study's potential benefits to governmental policies and then asked if they wished to take part in it.The researcher in this example operated under the policy of ________.

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The policy being followed here is informed consent. The adolescents were informed about the potential benefits of the study and were given the choice to participate, indicating that the researcher followed the ethical principle of informed consent. Nonresponse bias refers to the possibility of a biased sample due to certain groups not responding to a survey or study. Opinion mining is a research technique used to gather and analyze opinions from social media data. Spam refers to unwanted or unsolicited messages, and verbatims refer to direct quotes or transcripts of what people say. None of these concepts apply to the situation described in the question.

In a Social Media Research Study on Facebook Use,adolescents at the Beginning