1. What kind of review will my (low-risk) research get?
Educational research in normal
educational settings
Will research interfere with learning required content? No
Exempt
Yes
Expedited No
Exempt
Surveys & Interviews
Will research gather Identifiable and sensitive information?
Will research include adult subjects only?
Yes
Limited Review
Yes No
Expedited
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2. Exempt Expedited Exempt Limited Review
will research include Identifiable and sensitive info? No
Exempt No
Will researcher interact directly with minors?
Will research include adult subjects only? No
Yes
Expedited
Observations of public behavior, or
aptitude, cognitive, diagnostic, achievement tests No
Exempt
Yes
Will research gather identifiable and sensitive info?
Yes
Limited Review
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3. Exempt Expedited Expedited
Will research entail deception (and no warning)? No
Exempt
Yes
Will research include willing adult subjects only?
Behavioral experiments
Yes No
Expedited
Participant observation
Expedited
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4. Don’t even need to apply Limited Review/Broad Consent
With publically available data or specimens?
Exempt;
Don’t even need to apply
Yes
Are they from adult subjects only?
Secondary research (using data or biospecimens) No No
Expedited
Not publicly available: are the data or specimens fully de-identified?
Yes
Limited Review
Yes
Exempt
Are you collecting and storing identifiable data or specimens for secondary use?
Limited Review/Broad Consent
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