[tips] Re: IRB-type question: Recruiting current students

[David Wasieleski]

Given the ambiguous nature of the need for such a procedure, I think the faculty member would need to somehow make a reasonable justification. One way to offset the potential "dual role" involved is for the faculty member to have a confederate come in and run the study as if it were their own, and only after students either chose or did not choose to participate have the faculty member inform them it was his/hers. That is still problematic, however, in that deception is being used in a likely unnecessary fashion, and students may feel "tricked." That is, they may feel as though they will be punished for not participating even though they did not know it was their instructor's study. Would either procedure be rejected by an IRB? I am not sure, but I do think the faculty member would be asked to justify their limiting the subject pool to their own classes given the subject pool available.
David W.

At 10:30 AM 9/26/2006, you wrote:

I am curious how tips folks would react to the following situation.  We have a typical subject pool available from our introductory psych course.  However, a faculty member wants to recruit only current students in classes taught by that faculty member.  The reasons for this procedure remain ambiguous.

My view is that this seems akin to a "dual relationship" situation and should be avoided.  But I am unclear whether this would be an actual violation of ethical guidelines such that an IRB would not approve the procedure.

What do you think?

Ken


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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D.                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology          http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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