Final answer:
Cherry-picking data and adjusting information in your favor is a deceptive research practice. Option (D) is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
One deceptive research practice is cherry-picking data and adjusting information in your favor. This involves selectively choosing data that supports a desired outcome or manipulating data to enhance a specific conclusion. By doing so, researchers are being dishonest and misleading in their presentation of information.
Researchers need to actt ethically and present their findings accurately without bias or manipulation of data. This ensures the integrity of the research and maintains trust in the field of social studies and other disciplines.
Participants complete a quiz and are falsely told that they did poorly, regardless of their performance. Participants who do not know they are in a research study are observed to see how they behave when they find valuables (e.g., wallet, laptop) unattended in a public location.
Indirect deception occurs when participants agree to postpone full disclosure of the true purpose of the research or when the goals of the study are not conveyed in their totality to the participant.