What Is the Purpose of an Institutional Review Board

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an institutional review board?

• A)To help protect research participants from abuse
• B)To hinder the research process by placing unnecessary hurdles in the way of researchers
• C)To help protect the university from lawsuits from unhappy research participants
• D)To encourage the use of deception in medical and psychological research with humans

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