An institutional review board (IRB) is a review committee established to:
a. approve research involving animal subjects.
b. approve research that is not government funded.
c. function differently than scholarly journals do.
d. protect the rights of human research subjects.
ANS: D
An institutional review board (IRB) is a review committee established to help protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects. Regulations require IRB review and approval for research involving human subjects if it is funded or regulated by the federal government. Most research institutions, professional organizations, and scholarly journals apply the same requirements to all human research. The IRB must approve the research and procedure for data collection from human subjects.
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