Would you willingly participate in a sociological study that could potentially put your health and safety at risk, but had the potential to thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people? for example, would you participate in a study of a new drug that could cure diabetes or cancer, even if it meant great inconvenience and physical discomfort for you or possible permanent damage? would your opinion change if a close family member died and would have possibly benefited from such a drug? would your opinion change if you were being paid a significant amount of money? if this were a paid there be any social forces that may influence who wanted to participate in the study and would this have any positive or negative impact on the study results?