SOCY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Institutional Review Board, Dependent And Independent Variables, Response Bias
1 Oct 2015
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Socy 100h - lecture 13 - methods (cont. ) Probability/representative samples - systematic sampling in an attempt to draw a sample that represents the population. Divide the population into clusters and then sample from the. : participants refer others who fit the study criteria. Institutional review board (irb) - ensures that human subjects" rights are protected. Set up by national research act of 1974 as a result of many ethically/morally. Common rule questionable studies compliance with policy, informed consent, and protection for vulnerable populations. Federal policy regarding human subjects protection requiring. Irbs are made up of academics from diverse fields. Irbs review research projects to make sure expected benefits of research outweigh any potential harm. Irbs have the power to change or entirely reject studies if ethical/moral concerns arise. Problematic studies - tuskegee syphilis experiment, stanford prison experiment, etc. Correlation - a relationship exists between two variables. Temporality - the iv existed/occurred before the dependent variable.
