I responded in a post. But I also have a question:...

2008-02-15T07:16:07.290-05:00

I responded in a post. But I also have a question: Is there any IRB vested interest group? Who advocates for greater IRB review? I would hate to think that like the prison-industrial complex the IRB will continue to get more and more dominant.

It's quite possible that an inept IRB would have b...

2008-02-14T13:07:29.222-05:00

It's quite possible that an inept IRB would have blocked Venkatesh's research. But Venkatesh, by his own admission, "f[oul]ed up" by passing on information that people meant to tell him in confidence. So it is also possible that an adept IRB would have permitted the research while mitigating the harm. Not likely, perhaps, but possible.

Rather than deal in such speculations, I hope you will elaborate on your own experiences with IRBs that led you to distrust them.

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I responded in a post. But I also have a question:...

It's quite possible that an inept IRB would have b...