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You may want to start
learning about IRB, or Institutional Review Boards,
by following this link to a page that describes the
Standard Operating Procedures used when students conduct
research with human subjects:
rescom_human_menu
Basically, there are two tasks associated with this
part of the capstone experience: the IRB test
and the IRB proposal. Below you will
find information on each of these.
IRB Test
You will discuss research ethics within the classroom.
You will have to take a test required by any person
within the university who will be involved in research
with human subjects. Your instructor will give you
information as to when you need to take the test and
the preparation he or she expects from you before
taking the test.
To obtain information about this test and why we
all need to take it, you can access the following
link:
index
To prepare for this test your instructor may ask
you to do any or all of the following online:
Both of these online resources will give you historical
and current important information on why there are
rules that protect human subjects in research. This
is a very important part of the capstone experience.
An understanding of ethics, past abuses, and current
rules is mandatory of anyone who engages in research.
As a consumer of research this information will also
be invaluable to you so that you can understand how
research participants are protected, and to what degree.
Before you take the test, you may want to read the
FAQs at this link so that you may become more familiar
with what to expect: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/Human%20Subjects/faq.htm
In order to take that test, you need to go to the
following link (ask your instructor ahead of time
if he/she wants to receive confirmation that you took
and passed the test, if so, you will need to indicate
this on the test form where asked): https://www.indiana.edu/%7Ercr/hsp01reg.phtml
IRB Proposal
You will also have to prepare and in some cases submit
to the IRB (Institutional Review Board) a proposal
to conduct a research study using human subjects.
This is a relatively easy task, especially once you've
written your introduction and methods section (which
by this point you have). Most of the information that
is contained within the proposal is cut and paste
from these sections of your research report. In addition,
you will submit a copy of your introduction and methods
to the IRB Board for review.
All the forms you need to prepare are online. Below
are the links. Although this is an easy task, it requires
time and concentration. Some tips for a successful
submission to IRB are:
- Take time and do it right. Neither
your instructor nor the IRB staff have time to go
back and forth with you over work done carelessly.
Make sure you put in the time to do it right the
first time.
- Any mistakes you make will delay
the time you get approval from IRB (or an IRB mock
board, depending on what class you are in). Any
delay will put you behind your peers in conducting
the study and finishing on time and well.
- The IRB forms are easy to read.
They have instructions in italics within each section.
These instructions need to be deleted once you complete
the section.
- The 'principal investigator' in
these forms is your instructor. He or she is the
person ultimately responsible if anything goes wrong.
You are the contact person. What this means is that
your forms will need to be signed by your instructor
before sending them out, and you will need basic
contact information (phone, office, etc.) for your
instructor in order to complete the forms.
- Each of the links below leads
to IRB forms that need to be completed, there are
several, make sure you complete all of them.
- Once you complete and submit your
IRB proposal, read over the next section: "Prepare
to collect your data" and start working on formatting
your questionnaires. That way, you won't waste time
and will be ready to collect when the IRB proposal
is approved.
The following links are for Expedited review,
which is the one most likely to be used by students:
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