What is the requirement for institutional review board (IRB) documentation?
As with any empirical research done by faculty or graduate students, TESS cannot place an experiment on a data collection instrument, until it has in hand a document indicating that the project has received human subjects approval from a university human subjects committee or internal review board (henceforth, we use the term IRB to refer to such administrative bodies.) This documentation must be sent to TESS electronically to: data (at) experimentcentral (dot) org. There are no exceptions to this rule. There are also no circumstances in which TESS or its data collecting subcontractors can provide IRB reviews. IRB approval is the sole responsibility of the investigators. We encourage investigators to obtain IRB approval as soon as possible. The longer a researcher waits to get such approval, the longer will be the delay in collecting their data. Knowledge Networks provides extensive information for use when applying for IRB approval of studies conducted using its panel (including TESS
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