What Is the Purpose of an Institutional Review Board

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Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an institutional review board?

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

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