Question

A master's degree candidate needs to conduct a research project for her master's thesis. She is interested in the types of junk food available to the public. She plans on going to the local convenience stores and asking the owners what types of junk food the store normally stocks and which are the biggest sellers. Identifiers will not be collected. This study would fall under which of the following?

A. Expedited Review
B. Exempt Review
C. Full Board Review
D. Not Human Subjects

Answer 1

Answer: the correct answer is D. Not Human Subjects.

Explanation:

The investigation would be focusing just on statistics facts and leave out the important human or social factor.

Answer 2

Answer:

Not human Subjects

Explanation:

Under the explanation above, the candidate is focusing in statical data, not actual facts than can affect the human behavior. The candidate is collecting data of numbers and type of consume related to the junk he is interested, not why the people consume it, that this last in involved with Human Subjects. He should just focus in statics part of the project