SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH An Evaluator’s Guide to the IRB

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1、EvaluationReviewhttp://erx.sagepub.comRisksandWrongsinSocialScienceResearch:AnEvaluator'sGuidetotheIRBJ.MichaelOakesEvalRev2002;26;443Theonlineversionofthisarticlecanbefoundat:http://erx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/443Publishedby:http://www.sagepublications.comAdditionalservice

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3、atPENNSYLVANIASTATEUNIVonApril11,2008©2002SAGEPublications.Allrightsreserved.Notforcommercialuseorunauthorizeddistribution.10.1177/019384102236520EVALUATIONREVIEW/OCTOBER2002Oakes/EVALUATOR’SGUIDETOTHEIRBHavinganInstitutionalReviewBoard(IRB)reviewandmonitortheuseofhumansubjectsisnowfunda

4、mentaltoethicalresearch.Yetsocialscientistsappearincreasinglyfrustratedwiththeprocess.ThisarticleaimstoassistevaluatorsstrugglingtounderstandandworkwithIRBs.TheauthortheorizeswhyIRBsfrustrateandinsiststhereisonlyoneremedy:WemustacceptthelegitimacyofIRBreviewand(a)learnmoreaboutIRBregulat

5、ions,imperatives,andthenewpressuresonthem;and(b)educateIRBsaboutsocialscientificmethodologiesandempiricallydemonstrablerisks.Aresearchagendaandtipsareoffered.RISKSANDWRONGSINSOCIALSCIENCERESEARCHAnEvaluator’sGuidetotheIRBJ.MICHAELOAKESUniversityofMinnesotaAnInstitutionalReviewBoard(IRB)i

6、sacommitteeoffiveormorediverseindividualswhoreviewresearchprotocolsandmonitorongoingstud-iestoensuretheprotectionofhumanresearchsubjects.IRBsaretypicallylocalandthereforepresumedtounderstandtheconcernsofthecommunitywhereresearchisconducted.Althoughalmostalwayspartofaresearchorga-nization

7、,tobelegitimateanIRBmustoperateindependentlyofitsauthoritystructure.AlthoughfederalregulationsmustbeadheredtoandIRBshavetheauthoritytodisapproveresearch,modernIRBsaimtoworkwith,educate,andlearnfromresearchersonhowbesttoprotecthumanresearchsubjects.AUTHOR’SNOTE:Thisarticle