IRB

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IRB

• Fed. Mandated ? review all fed funded human
  subjects research
• Risks minim. reasonable in relat. to benefits
• Informed consent from each subject approp.
  documented
• All Research must be approved prospectively

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What Guides Inclusion of Human Participants?

• Respect for Persons
• Informed consent
• Beneficence
• Do no harm
• Must benefit society
• Justice
• Equitable fair

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Parameters for IRB Approval

• Risk is probability that some harm will occur
• Harm is some specific outcome or event w/
  magnitude level

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How to Tell If Your Project

• Doesnt Need IRB
• NOT Dealing with ANY source involving people
• Is EXEMPT OR EXPEDITED
• Activity presents no more than minimal risk to
  subjects
• AND
• Protocol listed as a category in the qualifying
  regulations list
• FULL
• Everything else

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Research Questions

• Ask about influence of variables on each other
• OR
• Ask
• Must be !

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Ask about your research

• Has this been done before?
• Do we already know the answer?
• Is it original?
• Is it important?
• Does it advance knowledge?  
• Remember
• A good question is within your capability as a
  researcher this semester.
• A good question is narrow but not trivial.
• A good question is worded clearly, grammatically,
  and unambiguously.
• A good question is value free.
• A good question does not have an obvious yes/no
  answer.
• A good question can be answered.