Examples of IRB Exemption Language

The University of Wisconsin and Mississippi State Universities are examples of institutions that have ruled that the use of ICPSR data does not require prior IRB approval. See the following links for more information on the policies and procedures regarding ICPSR data at these institutions:

University of Wisconsin Human Research Protections Program

The University of Wisconsin no longer considers research using existing data sets as being "exempt" from IRB review. Instead, they view it as research that does not involve human subjects and that is the reason it does not need to be reviewed by the IRB. AAHRPP, the accreditation agency, accepts this view as accurately describing why the research does not need IRB review.

Guidelines for Determining When Publicly Available Social Science Data Sets May Be Used Without Prior MSU IRB Approval

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