AP Research: Ethical Considerations

Research involving human subjects must be evaluated for:

• potential harm to subjects that may result from their participation

• potential benefits of the research for the subject and the community as a whole

• procedures used to ensure the informed and voluntary participation of research subjects

• procedures used to ensure the confidentiality of research subjects

Proposals that pose more than minimal risk to participants cannot be approved.

• True

• False

You have a responsibility to protect

• human subjects' well-being

• human subjects anonymity and/or confidentiality

• animal subjects' well-being

There are two general circumstances in which additional review is necessary:

• Students whose projects involve animal subjects, harmful microorganisms, or hazardous materials may require additional review or approval by school or district processes.

• Students who want to publish and/or publicly present their findings on human subjects research will require an additional review and approval process by a federally registered Institutional Review Board (IRB).

IRB stands for

• Institutional Review Board

• Intervening Responsibly Board

• Institutional Responsibility Board

If you plan on publishing or publicly presenting your findings

• you must submit a form to the IRB.

• you do not have to submit a form to the IRB.

Ethics is about doing the ______________ thing.

• Profit

• Right

• Good

• Newcastle Utd

A 'consent' form is...

• a special concert ticket.

• an official permission.

• researcher's guidelines.

What is an ethical consideration?

• making sure you research does not cause harm or offence

• when people are different colours

• making sure your research causes harm or offence

• when you are polite to people

What is informed consent?

• when people involved in your research are told

• when people involved in your research are not told

• when people involved in your research are paid

• when people involved in your research are not paid