Broad areas for research
Research Elements
If you plan to conduct a survey, do interviews, or conduct focus groups, you will need to plan ahead for review by the institutional Review Board. Research that uses humans, human tissue, surveys of human subjects or human subjects’ records requires review by the IRB. You will need to complete the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative CITI program. See https://research.unl.edu/orr/humansubjectsresearch.shtml
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