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That's not the definition of human subjects research. Not everything that involves a human responding to questions is human subjects research. A lot of comments
by RubberSoul 5y ago
That's not the definition of human subjects research. Not everything that involves a human responding to questions is human subjects research. A lot of comments in this thread are uninformed about the relevant definitions.
You can think the study is poorly designed, unethical, etc. But if they're not obtaining data about a living individual, then it's not human subjects research.
- tw04 5y agoYou appear to be the one uninformed about the definition of human subject research. >But if they're not obtaining data about a living individual, then it's not human subjects research. Sure, if you completely ignore the other half of the definition, per the NIH: https://grants.nih.gov/policy/humansubjects/research.htm https://grants.nih.gov/policy/humansubjects/research.htm > Obtains information or biospecimens through intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information or biospecimens; They are absolutely collecting information to analyze by interacting with the individual.