There was also a nice ph.d. thesis recently that is linked from the IRB blog that seems to indicate a bit of arbitrariness, i wouldn't say they are making of the 'rules' but they are certainly trying to apply guidelines that may not fit. On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Mark D. Johns wrote:
Lois Ann Scheidt wrote:
Most - if not all - IRBs in the USA are most definitely NOT making up rules...
Unless you've got some data on that, Lois, I must respectfully disagree. There is far too much anecdotal evidence suggesting that the guiding principle for many, if not most IRBs in the U.S. has shifted from the federal guidelines to covering the corporate backside from litigation. When the guiding principle shifts, so do the rules. -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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