6.9 ETHICS AND HUMAN SUBJECTS
Instrumentation used to gather research data from human subjects (interview, questions, surveys, inventories, etc.) must be approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) before distribution for field testing or data collection. Protocols for securing permission to use human subjects in the research will be approved by this committee and made available to students both in research classes and on this web site.
Distribution of research instrumentation before approval of the IRB will result in immediate termination from the program of studies.
Field testing or gathering data with instrumentation prior to the prospectus hearing will result in immediate termination from the program of studies. Students must contact their respective dissertation supervisors to discuss field testing options.