CITI: Assessing Risk - SBE
The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:
Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.
Additional safeguards that may be included in a social and behavioral study may include:
Remove all direct identifiers from the data as soon as possible.
What statement about risks in social and behavioral 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
Risk of harm in social and behavioral sciences generally fall in three categories, which are:
Invasion of privacy, breach of confidentiality, and study procedures