Additional Guidelines on Specific Types of Research

This section gives guidelines on whether specific types of research do or don't require IRB approval. If you have taken the IRB Quiz and are still in doubt whether your study is considered research on human subjects and requires a formal application to the IRB, see if your research scenario is listed below.

Administrative Research
Collaborative Projects
Independent Research
Course Assignments That Use Human Subjects
Observation of Public Behavior
Oral History Projects
"Vulnerable Public" as Subjects

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