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How do I add the IRB approval sheet before the survey?

Chad said:

Hi Lydia,
Uhh, sorry I don’t know what an IRB approval sheet is. Is it like a pdf/word document? If so you can just link to the file on your website.

-Chad

Chad:


An IRB (Institutional Review Board) sheet is a sheet that is an “approval” sheet that involves ensuring that various members of a “Board” approve a given research study. The research study usually involves
human subjects and the approval states that the research is appropriate for human subjects.


So the form is signed as a result of investigation by members (usually a variety of people with differnt baqckgrounds) of the Board whose signature assures that they feel that the research is ok to be performed on human subjects. Issues that the Board investigates include: appropriate informed consent (that the subjects understand important aspects of the reseach and what it is for), level of risk to the subject, confidentiality issues, whether human subjects are needed to test the “hypothesis(es), etc.


I would assume that Lydia is asking whether this form can be appended to the survey to show individuals taking the survey that the study/survey has recieved IRB approval. Another issue may be that individuals may need to electronically sign the form as part of the survey. And this would be interesting from my point of view relative to how the survey would capture an electronic signature.
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Zel