CITI Defining Research with Human Subjects - SBE/ The Federal Regulations - SBE

CITI Defining Research with Human Subjects - SBE/ The Federal Regulations - SBE According to the federal regulations, human subjects are living individuals about whom an investigator conducting research obtains information through interaction or intervention with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information; or: - ANS Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private information. - In order to meet the definition of research with human subjects a researcher must obtain data about a living individual through interaction or intervention or, alternatively, obtain individually identifiable private information. If a researcher obtains public information or de-identified information about individuals, and has not interacted or intervened with the individuals, those individuals are not considered human subjects for the purposes of the research. According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? - ANS A cognitive psychologist enrolls undergraduate students for a computer-based study about the effect of mood on problem-solving behaviors. - A cognitive scientist studying the effect of moods on problem-solving behaviors is asking a research question and is interacting with living individuals. Questioning a superintendent of schools to acquire data about the ethnic composition of a school system is asking "about what" questions rather than "about whom" questions (if a study proposed interviewing the superintendent of public schools about his or her experience in the field of education or about his or her perceptions about the current problems within the school system and possible solutions, the questions would become "about whom"). Analyses of public behavior such as writing for a blog or a newspaper do not meet the definition because there is no interaction or intervention with a human subject and no collection of private information. Finally, in the class exercise described, the inte According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? - ANS A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of toddlers and their caregivers to determine which intervention methods most effectively manage aggression.