Online survey tools: Ethical and methodological concerns of human research ethics committees

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-48

  Buchanan, Elizabeth A ^a   Hvizdak, Erin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional Review Boards; Internet research ethics; Internet surveys; Online surveys; Research ethics; Web surveys

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849130653     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2009.4.2.37     Document Type: Article

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