Hi On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Bill Scott wrote:
> Does he plan to publish the results as a member of your institution? If > so, then the IRB should be involved. I think that Bill is technically correct about how most IRBs would interpret such a plan, but it perhaps illustrates how distorted (perverse?) ethics requirements have become in the social sciences. This parent can do pretty much what he or she wants with a child (within the law of course), and the parent could disseminate the results however (media, internet, book, ...). But somehow wanting to publish the results in a professional journal places all kinds of restrictions on the conduct of the parent and mandates prior approval. It is not exactly clear how this benefits either the child or research. Imagine poor Piaget if ethics reviews had been the norm in his day! Perhaps we shouldn't be disseminating his ideas given they were based on data collected in an unprincipled way according to current guidelines. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
