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ERIC Number: EJ143934
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Some Determinants of Public Acceptance of Randomized Control Group Experimental Designs
Hillis, Jay W.; Wortman, Camille B.
Sociometry, 39, 2, 91-6, Jun 76
Subjects read a supposedly real news account of a medical experiment in which the scarcity of the treatment employed and the amount of scientific justification for the experiment were experimentally varied. Factors that might influence public attitudes about social experiments are explored. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: College Students, Experiments, Individual Differences, Moral Values, Public Opinion, Public Support, Research Utilization, Sex Differences, Social Attitudes
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