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Ethics of Field Experiments
Posted by:
Sally Farley
Title/Position:
Assistant Professor
School/Organization:
Albright College
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Date posted:
September 23rd, 2007
Hello. I am curious about your thoughts concerning the ethical implications of field experiments. Several of my students in the past have received no difficulty going through the IRB to pursue helping-related field experiments (the effect of attire on clerk response time is a typical manipulation). Some of the experiments were conducted in parking lots, others in a mall setting. Recently, the chair of the IRB has required changes varying from securing mall permission (understandable) to posting a flyer indicating that data was collected in a certain location on a given date, to requiring debriefing of participants, which is ludicrous to me. Please let me know if this is a trend that is typical for IRB reactions to field experimentation, your experiences, and recommended reading on this issue. Thanks so much!
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