[Air-L] IRBs

[Mark D. Johns]

Christian Nelson wrote:
> That is stupid, and shows complete ignorance of the federal  
> governments guidelines. There are a lot of IRBs out there who are  
> simply making up their own rules, which is foolish.

What you say is true, but Marj isn't in the U.S., so her "federal 
government" may have different guidelines. In fact, the U.S. guidelines 
for IRBs are so vague that they clearly invite absurdity.
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of the
  Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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