Ethics & Quality in Research

What is the main role of the IRB in research involving humans?

• Write research papers

• Recruit participants

• Review studies to protect participants

• Collect informed consent

Which of these are principles from the Belmont Report?

• Respect for Persons

• Beneficence

• Justice

• Anonymity

• Innovation

The __________ ensures that research involving humans is conducted ethically and safely.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Credibility

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(b) Transferability

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(c) Dependability

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(d) Confirmability

• Believability of findings

• Findings grounded in data, not opinion

• Transparent and consistent methods

• Applicability to other similar contexts

What is the Common Rule?

• A guideline for online surveys

• Making your findings believable and supported by data

• A policy for grading research papers

• A school district rule about testing

What makes human subjects research different from other types of research?

• It’s always done in a lab

• It involves real people and private data

• It uses only surveys

• It doesn’t require consent