1. Ethics in Evaluation Research & IRB

2. Ethical Considerations in Research
Voluntary Participation
Informed Consent
Risk of Harm
Confidentiality
Anonymity

3. What is IRB? Institutional Review Board
Ensures compliance with research ethics
People must be informed of what they are participating in and why
Government regulated for any research done
IRB is not needed for formative evaluation

4. IRB Process Determine what you plan to study Contact your IRB office
Take the Human Subjects ethics test
Fill out the IRB application
Begin your study AFTER obtaining IRB approval
Sample IRB application available on the EA Google site

5. Why IRB with STARS is complex
Parental consent for participants who are minors
Tracking collected data accurately and consistently over time
Document EVERYTHING you do – you will forget!

6. Jump in and get started!
We’ll refine your research project throughout the semester as we discuss research design, and can amend IRB as needed
TIPS:
Share research ideas in your EA cohorts
Share resources & tools (e.g. surveys, consent forms)
Replicate other STARS outreach studies

7. Sample EA Project Timeline
November- January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Outreach to Middle School Students x
Steps
Designing the study
ALL
Gather measurement materials (survey)
Barb
Write/submit IRB application (include consent, survey)
Russell, Karmelia
Orienting your research team on the procedures
After obtaining IRB consent, collect consent
Conducting the outreach activity and collect data as outlined in study design
Michelle
Storing the data that is collected (from past years)
Preparing the data for analysis
Rita
Analyzing the data
Laura
Summarizing the analysis
Preparing final report materials for Stakeholders
Jennifer
Finalizing the poster
Srayva