Assessing Risk - SBE (ID 503)

A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may:

Experience emotional or psychological distress.

What statement about risks in social and behavioural sciences research is most accurate:

Risks are specific to time, situation, and culture.

Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm in a research study:

Asking women if they have had an abortion

A researcher wants to do a web-based survey of college students to collect information about their sexual behaviour and drug use. Direct identifiers will not be collected; however, IP addresses may be present in the data set. Risk of harm should be evaluated by:

Both the magnitude (or severity) and the probability (or likelihood) of harm.

The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:

Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.