Statistics Through Applications
Statistics Through Applications
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ISBN: 9781429219747
Author: Daren S. Starnes, David Moore, Dan Yates
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.62E
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To explain the ethical nature of that to give subjects the placebo which cannot protect them against the disease.

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Yes it is ethical.

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Since the potential worth of the vaccine has been demonstrated in animals, it would be ethical to give some subjects a placebo in order to better test the effects of the vaccine. A placebo is not necessarily unethical because the psychological effect of the placebo may induce a positive physical effect.

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Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 6.1ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.2ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.3ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.4ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.5ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.6ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.7ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.8ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.9ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.10E
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