CITI Privacy and Confidentiality SBE Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
- A researcher leaves a research file in her car while she attends a concert
and her car is stolen. The file contains charts of aggregated numerical data from a research study with human subjects, but no other documents. The consent form said that no identifying information would be retained, and the researcher adhered to that component. Which of the following statements best characterizes what occurred (Answer) There was neither a violation of privacy nor a breach of confidentiality.
- Which of the following constitutes both a breach of confidentiality (the
research data have been disclosed, counter to the agreement between re- searcher and subjects) and a violation of subjects' privacy (the right of the individuals to be protected against intrusion into their personal lives or affairs) (Answer) A faculty member makes identifiable data about sexual behavior available to graduate students, although the subjects were assured that the data would be de-identified.
- In a longitudinal study that will follow children from kindergarten through
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high school and will collect information about illegal activities, which of the following confidentiality procedures would protect against compelled