IRB (Institutional Review Board)

Definition

The committee that scrutinizes research proposals to protect human subjects, which means your study gets rejected for not being boring enough.

Example Usage

The IRB required us to revise our survey to include 47 additional disclaimers about minimal risk.

Origin

Requirement from the Belmont Report (1979) and federal regulations

Fun Fact

IRB approval can take months and require multiple revisions, which is why some researchers just... skip it. (Don't do this.)

Source: Research Ethics and Federal Compliance Standards

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