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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: