Question

A researcher wants to observe preschoolers at a local public playground to evaluate levels of cooperation. The researcher will not interact with the children or record information in such a manner that the identity of the subjects can be readily ascertained. Which of the following statements is true?
a.This research would require full committee review because it involves children.

b.This research would be eligible for expedited IRB review because the researcher is not interacting with the children and the playground is public.

c.This research would be eligible for exemption because the researcher is not interacting with the children and the playground is a public setting.

d.This research would be eligible for expedited IRB review because the researcher is participating in the activities observed.

Answer 1

Answer:

c.This research would be eligible for exemption because the researcher is not interacting with the children and the playground is a public setting.

Explanation:

In researches, institutional Review Board (IRb) played the roles as an enforcer that force the researchers to be held accountable for the well being of the research subjects.

In the specific case above, the research can be considered as an exemption because there is no chance that the subjects can be hurt or damaged by the method of research that being implemented (since no contact is made to them and none of their identity is exposed)