Question

A professor at big state university is writing a biography about bill gates and conducting oral histories with all of bill gates’ friends, family members and business acquaintances. the researcher submits the research proposal to the institution’s irb. what action can he expect by the irb?

Answer 1

If IRB is the institutional review board then its main purpose is to protect students at campuses from the effects of medical research so therefore since this particular research is not for medical purposes then it should be approved no problem.