What Is the Institutional Review Board

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the Institutional Review Board?

• A) a governing body that reviews the ethical merit of all research with humans
• B) a governing body that reviews the ethical merit of all research with animals
• C) a governing body that reviews the capital investment of a study and determines whether it merits being conducted
• D) a governing body that reviews whether studies are likely to achieve statistical significance

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