Research ethics: When is research research?

On March 3, Missy Widner and Judith Rosenbaum, from ASU's Institutional Review Board, held a workshop on how to figure out when research is research and qualifies for IRB oversight. The workshop included a roundtable discussion on several case studies that could be considered a "grey area" as far as the IRB is concerned, which helped the participants and the IRB members present to better define when a project qualifies as research. The conclusions from the discussion are included at the bottom of every case study.