We define original research as systematic investigation, including pilot projects and feasibility studies, designed to expand generalizable knowledge or understanding. Such activities include collecting and analyzing data from surveys, questionnaires, interviews, observation, manipulation, sampling, or experimentation.
Private information includes information that can be identified with an individual and that is obtained in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place, or information that has been recorded for specific purposes and which the individual can reasonably expect will not be made public (e.g., medical records).
Interaction includes contact (including observational studies) or communication with the individual, manipulation of the subject, or manipulation of the subject's environment.
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Katie L. Gillespie, Administrator
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Andrea E. Robbett, Chair
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