Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
As chair of our IRB I have sometimes done the same thing, especially if the measures send up a red flag somehow. If the measures are reliable and valid then this is an extremely easy task. If they are not, then even in a minimum risk study you are abusing your participants if you are asking them to give up their time and energy on a useless task.
Who "gives up" their time and energy? Participants are usually compensated for their time and energy. Participants don't "give up" time and energy any more than other employees do (and surely, as employees ourselves, we know how much "useless" work employees are asked to do). It isn't (or, rather, shouldn't be, given the absurd amount of power that IRBs have been given of late) for the IRB to pre-empt of the editorial process by attempting to pass judgment on the quality of research methodology.
Regards, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ============================ .
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