You are deciding whether you need to give participants a reason for waking them up several times during the night. You know that you cannot tell them the real reason for waking them up because that will compromise your study. But you are unsure whether you should deceive them (give them a false reason why you are waking them up) or provide them with no cover story at all. Which of the following issues should be considered most heavily when deciding whether to use deception?

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