An Institutional Review Board (IRB)has Reviewed a Study and Determined

question 56

Multiple Choice

An institutional review board (IRB) has reviewed a study and determined that participating in the study will likely make the participants feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.According to the textbook, could the IRB decide to allow the researchers to begin this study?

• A) No; making participants uncomfortable is never acceptable.
• B) Yes; the IRB examines only whether participants will be in physical pain.
• C) Yes; as long as participants are not overly harmed and the research has significant value.
• D) No; if any aspects of research studies are harmful in any way, IRBs cannot allow them.

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