The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to: - ANSWERS-Protect
identifiable research information from compelled disclosure
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Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm in a
research study: - ANSWERS-Asking women if they have had an abortion
A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements about parental permission is correct? - ANSWERS-The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children.
A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or appears to waive any of the subject's legal rights or releases or appears to release those conducting the research from liability for negligence. Which of the following statements in a consent form is an example of exculpatory language? - ANSWERS-Taking part in the research is voluntary, but if you choose to take part, you waive the right to legal redress for any research-related injuries.
A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are provided
additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the following studies would it
NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with information about missing elements of consent: - ANSWERS-A study in which subjects were assigned to study activities based on an undesirable or unflattering physical characteristic as assessed by members of the research team.
A waiver of the requirement for documentation of informed consent may be granted when: - ANSWERS-The only record linking the subject and the research is the consent document and the principal risk is a breach of confidentiality.
As part of the consent process, the federal regulations require researchers to: - ANSWERSProvide potential subjects with information at the appropriate reading comprehension level.
A researcher leaves a research file in her car while she attends a concert and her car is stolen. The file contains charts of aggregated numerical data from a research study with human subjects, but no other documents. The consent form said that no identifying information would be retained, and the researcher adhered to that component. Which of the following statements best characterizes what occurred? - ANSWERS-There was neither a violation of privacy nor a breach of confidentiality.
When a focus group deals with a potentially sensitive topic, which of the following statements about providing confidentiality to focus group participants is correct? - ANSWERS-The researcher cannot control what participants repeat about others outside the group.
Data are made anonymous by - ANSWERS-Destroying all identifiers connected to the
data.
Which of the following constitutes both a breach of confidentiality (the research data
have been disclosed, counter to the agreement between researcher and subjects) and a
violation of subjects' privacy (the right of the individuals to be protected against intrusion
into their personal lives or affairs)? - ANSWERS-A faculty member makes identifiable data about sexual behavior available to graduate students, although the subjects were assured that the data would be de-identified.
In a longitudinal study that will follow children from kindergarten through high school and
will collect information about illegal activities, which of the following confidentiality procedures would protect against compelled disclosure of individually identifiable
information? - ANSWERS-Securing a Certificate of Confidentiality
Which of the following statements about prison research is true? - ANSWERSResearchers may study the effects of privilege upgrades awarded by the prison.
Which example of research with prisoners would be allowable under the regulations? -
ANSWERS-Examining age at first arrest as a predictor of adult criminal history.
A sociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women's prisons: "state families," in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of likeminded prisoners. There is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for help and advice. The lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. The use of this staff is: - ANSWERSWrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or priso [Show Less]