Question

Dr. Cal Coolis wants to determine which of three e-learning packages leads to the most improvement in mathematical ability. Sixty high-achieving students from a local school volunteer to test the software. Twenty randomly chosen students use each package for six months, after which their improvement in mathematical ability is measured and compared. In designing this experiment, Dr. Coolis violated the guiding ethical principle of

Answer 1

Answer: justice

Explanation:

The ethical principle of justice is the principle which implies that everyone should be treated equally and given fair and same treatment.

In this case, the principle of justice is violated because out of the sixty people who volunteered to test the software, only twenty randomly chosen students used the software while the improvement in the ability of all the sixty students were then compared.