Not to mention the problems with basing 'research' conclusions on anecdotes. I assume that they wee supported by data.
On Jan 20, 2014, at 8:19 AM, MiguelRoig wrote: > As a member of my institution's IRB, I reacted to the following segment: > "Willingham also shared anecdotes about students she’d worked with during her > career, such as one who was illiterate, and one who couldn’t read > multisyllabic words. Another student asked if Willingham could "teach him to > read well enough so he could read about himself in the news,". It seems to me > that it might, indeed, be possible to identify those individual students > based on the statements Willingham made. If so, that is a problem from an IRB > perspective because broadcasting such details about the students could > conceivably result in social harm for them. That aside, in addition to the > issue of tenure, this case also illustrates the need to be extremely careful > with all aspects of the research process when such research has the potential > of being controversial and of generating public interest. > > Miguel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Green" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 8:44:25 AM > Subject: [tips] For your friends who question tenure... > > For those of you (probably not many on this list) who might have thought that > tenure is unnecessary in this "modern" era to protect the integrity of > research from the political motivations of a vindictive administration. > > UNC IRB suddenly reverses its decision AFTER THE FACT on whether research > that shows many of its athletes to be functionally illiterate requires > oversight. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/20/u-north-carolina-shuts-down-whistle-blower-athletes > > Sheesh! > Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32915 or send a blank email to leave-32915-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
