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According to the federal regulations, research is eligible for exemption, if:
The research falls into one of eight categories of research activity described in the
regulations.
According to federal regulations, the expedited review process may be used
when the study procedures pose:
No more than minimal risk and the research activities fall within regulatory
categories identified as eligible.
A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms
among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be
instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of
confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may:
Experience emotional or psychological distress.
A researcher wants to do a web-based survey of college students to collect
information about their sexual behavior and drug use. Direct identifiers will not
,be collected; however, IP addresses may be present in the data set. Risk of harm
should be evaluated by:
Both the magnitude (or severity) and the probability (or likelihood) of harm.
Additional safeguards that may be included in a social and behavioral study may
include:
Remove all direct identifiers from the data as soon as possible.
The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:
Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.
Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm
in a research study:
A study on the efficacy of a behavioral intervention for smoking cessation that
involves both adults and teenagers in the United States
What statement about risks in social and behavioral sciences research is most
accurate:
Risks are specific to time, situation, and culture.
A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with
behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a
doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the
, children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements
about parental permission is correct?
The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist
to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their
children.
A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may
include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or
appears to waive any of the subject's legal rights or releases or appears to
release those conducting the research from liability for negligence. Which of the
following statements in a consent form is an example of exculpatory language?
Taking part in the research is voluntary, but if you choose to take part, you waive
the right to legal redress for any research-related injuries.
A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are
provided additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the
following studies would it NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with
information about missing elements of consent: