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Identify one way faculty researchers can possibly avoid undue influence
of student subjects?
Ans: Avoid recruiting their own students in the research
By recruiting students from other classes, faculty researchers can
minimize the potential of undue influence. Students from the faculty's
own classroom may feel coerced to participate.
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Which type of IRB review does not require an IRB approval but does
require a determination by an individual designated with that task (such
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as an IRB member or experienced staff person)?
Ans: Exempt
Exempt research is human subjects research that is "exempt" from the
2026
Common Rule provisions. Per federal guidance, the recommendation is
that researchers should not be able to self-determine whether a study
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qualifies for exemption. Institutional policy should clearly designate who
is responsible for making exemption determinations - and it could be an
IRB member or experienced staff person with knowledge of the
exemption categories and the research activity. Expedited and convened
reviews both require IRB approval.
A graduate student needs to conduct a research project for her master's
thesis. She is interested in the types of junk food available to the public.
She plans to go to the local convenience stores and ask the owners what
types of junk food the store normally stocks, and which are the biggest
sellers. She will not collect identifiers. This study would be subject to
which type of review?
Ans: Not Human Subjects