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institutional review board  

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  • Institutional review boards (IRBs) are committees charged with the review and monitoring of research (including surveys) involving human participants. The basic principles of human research protection used today in the United States were outlined in the Nuremberg Code and were developed in response to the Nazi atrocities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods; Institutional Review Board (IRB)]

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