The Function of an Institutional Review Board Is to

question 35

Multiple Choice

The function of an institutional review board is to

• A) review university research expenditures.
• B) review grant proposals to ensure that they are financially feasible.
• C) review research proposals and judge the ethical appropriateness of the research.
• D) review the reliability of research findings at the institution.

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Definitions:

Fireplace

A structure within a home or building designed to contain a fire for heating and, in many cases, cooking.

Alexander Calder

An American sculptor known for inventing the mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture that moves with air currents.

Mobile

A kind of sculpture, invented by Alexander Calder, combining nonobjective organic forms and motion in balanced structures hanging from rods, wires, and colored, organically shaped plates.

Kinetics

The branch of physics that deals with the motion of objects and the forces that cause this motion, or, in art, works that incorporate movement as part of their design.