Human Subjects

This page collections information related to human subjects (IRB) approval.

The most important thing is this: you must confer with your campus's IRB and follow the procedures they require for participation in projects like this. The material on this page is intended to show how IRB procedures have been handled, plus any special ethical considerations of note.

This is a link to the MIT IRB application that Charles Stewart used in 2014 to gain approval for a very similar study conducted in five different locations that year.

This is a link to the Skidmore College IRB application that Chris Mann used in 2016 to gain approval for the nationwide study done that year.