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Michigan
State University has strict protocols to protect the
confidentiality of persons who respond to our surveys.
We are going to great lengths to protect the
confidentiality of the information that participants
provide. When you submit your responses to the registration form we
will separate your email from the data that you provide
and keep them in separate files without any way to
identify the participants that provided the information.
Of course, we are hoping that you will decide to answer all of the questions relevant to this boaters panel registration form. But, you are under no obligation to respond to the registration form, or to any particular question. We will regularly send out reminders to encourage more responses. If at any time you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by email, traditional mail or by telephone. We have provided a number of different contact points on the contact page which can be accessed from the survey's home page. Michigan State University's University Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (UCRIHS) reviews and approves research, including surveys. A human subject of research is an individual from whom an investigator obtains data by interaction or intervention or about whom the researcher obtains confidential information. Under the regulations, research is defined as a formal investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. |
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Federal
and University regulations require that all research
projects involving human subjects and materials of human
origin be reviewed and approved by an IRB (Internal
Review Board) before initiation. If you have any questions regarding the privacy of your answers, please contact:
Peter
Vasilenko, Ph.D.
205C Olds
Hall
E-Mail:
irb@msu.edu
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