Question

Which of the following examples of using the internet to conduct research meets the federal definition of research with human subjects?

A. Gathering data to supplement an oral history project about a local civil rights activist.
B. The activist passed away while the researcher was in the process of conducting in-person interviews with the individual’s social network.
C. Conducting an on-line focus group with cancer survivors to determine familial support systems.
D. The researcher also invites subjects’ significant others to be a part of the focus group.
E. Downloading a publicly available dataset that includes high school students’ academic achievement rates.
F. The data are in aggregate and were derived from multiple school districts from different states.
G. Analyzing a website visitor report from several pro-anorexia blogs to determine the popularity of each blog.
H. Access to the blogs is not restricted.

Answer 1

C. Conducting an on-line focus group with cancer survivors to determine familial support systems.

Step-by-step explanation:

Federal regulations 2 defines human subject as a living being or an individual about whom a researcher can obtained information either by questioning or intervening with the individual. Human subject can be a patient or a healthy individual.

Here conducting an on line research with some cancer survivors considering them as a research subjects for the research done to determine their familial support systems is an example of using internet to conduct the research on human subjects.

Thus the answer is ---

C. Conducting an on-line focus group with cancer survivors to determine familial support systems.