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DS698 Ethics

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DS698 Ethics Quiz

Welcome to the DS698 Ethics Quiz! This quiz is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of ethical principles, particularly in the context of research and data science. Whether you're a student, a researcher, or just interested in the topic, this quiz will challenge your awareness of ethical standards in scientific inquiry.

What you can expect:

Multiple choice questions
Coverage of diverse ethical principles
Insights into data ethics and research integrity

85 Questions21 MinutesCreated by ReflectiveData447

_____ is a set of rules for determining moral standards or socially acceptable behavior.

Protocol

Standard

Ethics

None of the given

To which ethical principle does the following definition belong to: “Researchers and research must contribute to the well-being of society”

Integrity

Beneficence

Duty to society

Professional competence

In order to avoid scientific misconduct after finishing a research paper what should be the appropriate next action taken

Submitting the paper for a peer review.

Releasing the findings in a press conference.

All of the below are aspects to ensure accuracy of scientific knowledge except

Ensure valid methodology

Report Errors

Protecting vulnerable groups.

Avoiding conflict of interest.

Ethical review committee (Institutional Review Boards) Convened to:

Maintain ethical standards of practice in research

Ensure protection of research workers from exploitation

To provide reassurance to the public

All of the above

Choose write answer characteristics of open data

Availability and Access

Re-use and Redistribution

Universal Participation

None of the above

(A – B - C)

Public or societal good’ has many aspects and could include:

employment

education

Environment

All the above

Which of the following is a relevant theme within data ethics:

Seek to enhance the value of data science for society

Avoid harm

Apply and maintain professional competence

Seek to preserve or increase trustworthiness

Maintain accountability and oversight

All the above

Following best practice for data analysis:

Using appropriate statistical and algorithmic methods

Using data that is not ethically sourced

Evaluating the energy-cost of storing

Embedding ethical risk management into work by

Don't review the models/algorithms.

Using ethical assessment checkpoints

Being honest and objective in communications

Which of the following examples is way to minimize and manage harm in data science work

Using data that is ‘ethically sourced

Linking in privacy and ethics into work

Embedding ethical risk management into work

All the above

Virtue Ethics is Based on

Moral Character

Actions

Divine command

Utility

The golden mean is a defining characteristic of ____ ethical framework

Deontological

Virtue Ethics

utilitarian

relativism

A framework that is rooted in Greco-Roman, Buddhist and eastern philosophy and intersects with religious ethical frameworks

Deontological

Virtue Ethics

Utilitarian

Relativism

Modern philosopher who based their work on classic virtue ethics

John Stuart Mill

Immanuel Kant

Jeremy Bentham

Nietzsche

A framework that judges the actions based on their outcomes and centers itself around the greater good

Deontological

Virtue Ethics

utilitarian

relativism

A framework that is principle based and claims the rules/principles are what tell us our moral obligations

Deontological

Virtue Ethics

utilitarian

relativism

____ ethics are rule or principle-based systems of ethics, in which one or more rules/principles are claimed to tell us what our moral obligations are in life.

Deontological

Virtue Ethics

utilitarian

relativism

choose the Ethical Principles for Scientific Research

Duty to society

Non exploitation

Professional competence

All the Above

Researchers should minimize attempts to reduce the benefits of research on specific groups and to deny benefits from other groups, is a definition for

Nondiscrimination

Integrity

Nonexploitation

Beneficence

According to The Declaration of Helsinki, who is responsible to protect the life, health, dignity, integrity, right to self-determination, privacy, and confidentiality of personal information of research subjects?

Research Participant

Physician

Psychologists

Funder of the Research

What financial gain affects in Researches ?

The design of an investigation.

the interpretation of data.

The presentation of the results

Researcher’s Reputation

Al of the above

What is considered as characteristic for Informed Consent?

must use language the researcher

must be given by force to the research participant

Can’t be revoked by the research participant at any time

may only be asked of and given by adults who are capable of making an informed consent

None Of the above

What is the cause of the international differences in ethics

Local customs Only

Culture Only

Local customs, culture, laws, and practices

The Declaration of Helsinki advocates to

How to write a paper

Universal view of ethics

New machine learning model

Which are the two major professional societies that enhanced codes of ethics to address new concerns associated with AI?

IEEE & ACM

EAI & INCOSE

IFR & ISA

Designers of search engines, online advertising platforms, and related tools want the content they deliver to you to be the most relevant to you. The above ethically significant benefit is example for:

Predictive accuracy and personalization.

Social, institutional and economic efficiency

Human understanding

The choices have been made by persons who meant no harm, but caused great harm by acting with recklessness, negligence, bias, or blameworthy ignorance of relevant facts considered as

Ethically Significant Harm.

Significant Harm.

Not ethically significant harm

Data practices can diminish social transparency because of:

The sheer volume and complexity of the data and the algorithmic techniques of big data practices.

It is used to tailor actions to be to achieve beneficial outcomes for individuals

A and B

None of the above

Transparency is:

The act of being responsible for one’s actions and having the ability to provide sound reasoning for actions

is the ability to see how a given social system or institution works and to be able to inquire about the basis of life –affecting decisions made within that system or institution

defining roles of each member in an institution and what value they can bring

None of the above

Universal view of ethics meets the realities of local attitudes and practices, where cultures difference on topics

True

False

A Placebo is way of fake treatment in medical research

True

False

CBD (convention on biological diversity) is an international agreement was developed to balance interests in sustainable development, conservation and avoidance of species extinction, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic materials

True

False

The Precautionary Principle Doesn’t call for a risk averse approach to decision making on public health and environmental concerns, specifically calling for action if harm is anticipated but scientific uncertainty is significant

True

False

The ethical statistician doesn’t report the limitations of statistical inference and possible sources of error.

True

False

The ethical Statistician acknowledges statistical and substantive assumptions made in the execution and interpretation of any analysis.

True

False

The ethical statistician acknowledges data editing procedures, including any imputation, and missing data mechanisms.

True

False

The ethical statistician doesn’t correct any errors discovered while producing the final report or after publication.

True

False

If researchers were close to the deadline for presenting their results, they can start collecting information from participants before formal approval by the ethics review committee:

True

False

Submitting the same research paper to multiple journals to speed up the publication process. Does that action constitute a scientific misconduct

True

False

Trimming outlier data points without discerning a reason. Does that action constitute a scientific misconduct

True

False

In conducting surveys for a Research, it’s a good idea to announce a money prize.

True

False

In a research paper We can hold out some results if the research is not final yet.

True

False

Bystander Risk Concerns about people who participate in research more than those who were not the research participants and who did not consent to participate

True

False

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) failed to protect genetic research participants against the use of such information for other uses

True

False

The potential for secondhand exposure to a contagious disease from someone who did consent to participate in research is an example for Bystander Risk.

True

False

Open science is a framework that refers to exposure and disclosure of key aspects of research to facilitate both access to the results and understanding of how those results were achieved.

True

False

Citizen science doesn’t provides opportunities for the community to participate in science.

True

False

Open access covers all types of peer-reviewed publications, both journal articles and books

True

False

For the individual data scientist, the translation from very general ethical principles from common morality, law or religion, to an ethical issue at work is easy.

True

False

In case of conflicts of interests an ethical guideline under the maintainership of some professional society may offer an arbitration process between different interests.

True

False

For data scientists as members of society, for their clients, employers and colleagues, written rules of conduct for data science services can help to establish a relationship of trust.

True

False

Everyone would agree that data scientists need more guidance on how to make moral decisions in their professional life.

True

False

That responsibility for the consequences grows with the knowledge and the potential one has to think about consequences.

True

False

Data science has the potential to be both beneficial and detrimental to individuals and the wider public.

True

False

Using data that is ‘not ethically sourced’ is way to minimize and manage harm in data science work.

True

False

Seek to enhance the value of data science for society is one of the relevant themes within data ethics

True

False

Deontological Ethics as an Ethical framework based on the principles of rationality and autonomy was established by Immanuel Kant

True

False

Deontological Ethics is not concerned with human values what-so-ever.

True

False

Consequentialism focuses on the character, whilst Virtue focuses on consequences of one's actions

True

False

Pregnant women, human fetuses, and neonates; children; and prisoners are considered vulnerable groups

True

False

The principles of Integrity entail avoiding plagiarism and fal- sification of data and results and striving to remove bias from research methods and analysis.

True

False

Studies have shown that scientific studies that produced results that were sta- tistically significant (i.e., rejected a hypothesis or otherwise did not result in the null hypothesis) or that produced positive results were less like to be published than studies that reported the null hypothesis

True

False

Harms to privacy & security are one of the ethically significant harms of data practices.

True

False

Harms to fairness and justice is one of the ethically significant harms of data.

True

False

Human understanding is one of ethically significant benefits of data practices.

True

False

Predictive accuracy and personalization are one of ethically significant benefits of data practices.

True

False

The primary premise of duty to society is that research must not be undertaken if it produces no benefit to society.

True

False

Researchers should not have the welfare of the research participant in mind as a goal and strive for the benefits of the research to outweigh the risks.

True

False

Researchers should minimize financial and other influences on their research and on research participants.

True

False

All research participants should agree to participate in research with financial gain.

True

False

Researchers should demonstrate honesty and truthfulness in their researches.

True

False

Non Exploitation means that researchers should not exploit or take unfair advantage of research participants .

True

False

Trustworthiness can be built and maintained if organizations using data science engage regularly with practitioners.

True

False

Engagement between Data Scientists and stakeholders doesn’t help understanding potential sources of bias and risk of data.

True

False

Considering simpler models and documenting the performance of different models tested improve transparency.

True

False

AI practitioners should note that delegating any decisions to systems removes any of their individual responsibilities.

True

False

Accountability in data ethics includes that AI practitioners should be mindful of how and when to delegate any decision-making to systems.

True

False

Having transparent processes for accountability so that stakeholders have a clear route to any redress is a way of implementing the Governance and accountability structures in data ethics.

True

False

We can define a harm or a benefit as ‘ethically significant’ when it has a substantial possibility of making a difference to certain individuals’ chances of having a good life

True

False

You can ensure that your privacy is safe if your data is a part in anonymized datasets.

True

False

People living "Off the digital grid" cannot prevent private data about themselves from being generated and shared by their friends or family.

True

False

Individuals privacy and security can be harmed due to the Poor design and hidden biases in data practices.

True

False

Biases are usually explicit in the datasets and is easy to see.

True

False

Individuals should have the right to inquire about the basis of life affecting decisions made with a social system.

True

False

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