intentional way (not YES submit anything to just making casual the IRRB. observations)? Are your NO Your proposed activity is NOT meant to apply considered beyond the specific You do “research.” people you are NOT need to submit going to study? YES anything to the IRRB. Do you plan to share NO Your proposed activity is the results of your NOT considered research publicly? You do NOT “research.” (e.g. at an official need to submit anything conference or in a to the IRRB. publication; class presentations do not count as “public”) YES Your proposed activity IS considered “research”. Go to question 2. Q2: Does your research involve subjects”? “human ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TO FIND OUT: For the following questions, these definitions apply: identifiable information” means that the identity of the subject could be readily “individually ascertained based on the collected information; examples include names, birthdates, and email addresses (most general demographic information like age, gender, income, and occupation, are not considered individually identifiable information) information” is information about behavior that occurs in a context that the individual would “private reasonably expect to not be observed or recorded, or is information provided for a specific purpose which the individual would reasonably expect not to be made public (e.g. information on a medical or mental health questionnaire) Q2 START HERE: NO Your proposed Will you be research does collecting NOT involve information “human about living subjects.” You individuals (e.g. do NOT need to not historic submit anything figures)? YES to the IRRB. Will you YES Your proposed intervene or research DOES interact with involve human the individuals? subjects. Go on NO to question 3. Will you collect NO Your proposed any individually research does NOT identifiable involve “human information? subjects.” You do (see definition NOT need to above) YES submit anything to the IRRB. Is any of the NO Your proposed information you research does NOT are collecting involve “human
intentional way (not just making casual observations)? YES submit anything to the IRRB. Are your meant to apply beyond the specific people you are going to study? NO YES Your proposed activity is NOT considered “research.” You do NOT need to submit anything to the IRRB. Do you plan to share the results of your research publicly? (e.g. at an official conference or in a publication; class presentations do not count as “public”) NO Your proposed activity is NOT considered “research.” You do NOT need to submit anything to the IRRB. YES Your proposed activity IS considered “research”. Go to question 2. Q2: Does your research involve “human subjects”? ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TO FIND OUT: For the following questions, these definitions apply: “individually identifiable information” means that the identity of the subject could be readily ascertained based on the collected information; examples include names, birthdates, and email addresses (most general demographic information like age, gender, income, and occupation, are not considered individually identifiable information) “private information” is information about behavior that occurs in a context that the individual would reasonably expect to not be observed or recorded, or is information provided for a specific purpose which the individual would reasonably expect not to be made public (e.g. information on a medical or mental health questionnaire) Q2 START HERE: Will you be collecting information about living individuals (e.g. not historic figures)? NO YES Your proposed research does NOT involve “human subjects.” You do NOT need to submit anything to the IRRB. Will you intervene or interact with the individuals? YES NO Your proposed research DOES involve human subjects. Go on to question 3. Will you collect any individually identifiable information? (see definition above) NO YES Your proposed research does NOT involve “human subjects.” You do NOT need to submit anything to the IRRB. Is any of the information you are collecting NO Your proposed research does NOT involve “human
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