APPENDIX C: INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD PERMISSION
September 10, 2020
Susan McElroy Meredith Park
Re: IRB Exemption - IRB-FY20-21-69 PREVALENCE OF CYBERBULLYING AMONG TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING FAITH-BASED UNIVERSITIES: A CAUSAL COMPARATIVE STUDY
Dear Susan McElroy, Meredith Park:
The Liberty University Institutional Review Board (IRB) has reviewed your application in accordance with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations and finds your study to be exempt from further IRB review. This means you may begin your research with the data safeguarding methods mentioned in your approved application, and no further IRB oversight is required.
Your study falls under the following exemption category, which identifies specific situations in which human participants research is exempt from the policy set forth in 45 CFR 46: 101(b):
Category 2.(i). Research that only includes interactions involving educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview procedures, or observation of public behavior (including visual or auditory recording). The information obtained is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that the identity of the human subjects cannot readily be ascertained, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects.
Your stamped consent form can be found under the Attachments tab within the Submission Details section of your study on Cayuse IRB. This form should be copied and used to gain the consent of your research participants. If you plan to provide your consent information electronically, the contents of the attached consent document should be made available without alteration.
Please note that this exemption only applies to your current research application, and any modifications to your protocol must be reported to the Liberty University IRB for verification of continued exemption status. You may report these changes by completing a modification submission through your Cayuse IRB account.
If you have any questions about this exemption or need assistance in determining whether possible modifications to your protocol would change your exemption status, please email us at [email protected].
Sincerely, G. Michele Baker, MA, CIP Administrative Chair of Institutional Research Research Ethics Office
Table of Contents
- CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW
- CHAPTER THREE - METHODS
- CHAPTER FOUR - FINDINGS
- CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX A - CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE AGGRESSION SURVEY
- APPENDIX B - DUKE UNIVERSITY RELIGION INDEX (DUREL)
- APPENDIX C - INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD PERMISSION