I am interested in undertaking research that involves digital data collection. Does this type of research require ethical review?
The Research Ethics Board currently follows the guidelines developed by Queen’s University for projects involving digital data collection. These guidelines can be seen at: Draft Exemption Policy: Research Ethics Review of Projects Involving Digital Data Collection 28. Is it possible to propose a project that involves incomplete disclosure or some form of deception? Although discouraged under the federal guidelines, in certain circumstances and if justified, the Board will consider applications involving incomplete disclosure or deception along with the submission of a debriefing script to the REB. Further to informing participants about their experience with respect to the primary study intent, the debriefing script should include a reminder that participants are free to request – without consequence – complete withdrawl of their data from the sample, if possible, and indicate the timeframe within which they can request their data withdrawal (typically, withdrawal of data can be done u
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