Human subjects

Does a marketing survey constitute "research with human subjects"?

How about mining old client files for ZIP codes so that we have a clearer picture of where our case load comes from?

As I ponder these questions, it was helpful to read Mike Arnzen's post on "Is Discourse Human Research?" in which he wonders about similar questions.

And, like me, he concludes that it's better to be safe than sorry.

.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Thursday, November 18, 2004

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