WHAT WAS THE INDEPENDENT/DEPENDENT VARIABLE IN THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY?
The independent variable in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was what type of treatment participants with syphilis received, while the dependent variable was how the participants and their diseases responded to the different treatments. It was a highly unethical study because it studied different treatments on individuals with syphilis, without giving the commonly known cure: penicillin is cheap and easy to distribute. The scientists knew that the consequences of not giving the correct treatment would most probably mean death or severe problems for participants. The scientists did not even try to inform participants about the cure. Hopefully a likewise unethical study would be impossible because of stricter regulations in most countries today.
The independent variable in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was what type of treatment participants with syphilis received, while the dependent variable was how the participants and their diseases responded to the different treatments. It was a highly unethical study because it studied different treatments on individuals with syphilis, without giving the commonly known cure: penicillin is cheap and easy to distribute. The scientists knew that the consequences of not giving the correct treatment would most probably mean death or severe problems for participants. The scientists did not even try to inform participants about the cure. Hopefully a likewise unethical study would be impossible because of stricter regulations in most countries today. HAS THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT HELPED HUMANS UNDERSTAND ANYTHING? It has. The Stanford Prison Experiment never showed a causal relationship between the role and the influence the role has on the behavior and it was also criticized for a number of
