[Air-L] IRBs - I am curious

[Lois Ann Scheidt]

I am curious about an issue that seems to background much of our IRB 
discussions.  As academics we have gone through many years of being 
reviewed/graded...in classes,  with conference proposals, for 
publication, and through grant applications - just to name a few.  In 
every one of those cases our research can be declined for any number of 
reasons from flawed protocols to reviewers personal attitudes toward us 
or our research.

All of that being said, why do we see IRBs as more of a controlling 
factor on research then say granting entities or publication venues?

Lois Ann Scheidt

Doctoral Student - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana
University, Bloomington IN USA

Adjunct Instructor - School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN USA and
IUPUC, Columbus IN USA

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