Question

An investigator planning to study behavioral changes during alcohol intoxication will pay subjects for 6 hours of testing that includes drinking a moderate level of alcohol consumption and completing several long, selfadministered written questionnaires. He plans to recruit

economically disadvantaged and homeless people. Which of the following is the most important for the investigator to address before submitting the protocol to the IRB?
A. Potential undue influence or coercion of subjects
B. Forms of advertising for subject recruitment
C. Literacy of research subjects
D. Method of payment to subjects

Answer 1

C) Literacy of research subjects

Step-by-step explanation:

Personally I believe that this experiment is simply unethical, but it might even be useless if the subjects are not able to read and write which would make it impossible for them to solve self-administered written questionnaires. It is like trying to carry on a research that requires driving a huge truck and using subjects who don't even know how to drive a car.