Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the Primary Responsibility

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the primary responsibility of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) ?

• A) The IRB ensures that researchers do not use any deception in their studies.
• B) The IRB ensures that researchers debrief participants only when absolutely necessary
• C) The IRB ensures that researchers report and publish the findings of their studies.
• D) The IRB ensures that the proposed studies meet ethical guidelines for human and non-human research participation.

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Definitions:

LCL

Lower Control Limit, a statistical measure in quality control processes that defines the lower threshold acceptable for variation.

UCL

Upper Control Limit, a line on a control chart that represents the maximum acceptable limit of variation in a process.

T-distribution

A statistical probability distribution utilized for estimating parameters of a population when dealing with a small sample size and an unknown population variance.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another parameter or the dimensionality of a statistical calculation.