Ethical Issues in Student Research

James, a graduate student in psychology, is teaching an undergraduate experimental psychology class, wants his students to conduct their own research projects as part of the coursework. Usually, research that is not going to be published and is solely for educational purposes does not need approval from the institutional review board. However, one group wants to student sex differences in depression by having classmates fill out questionnaires. Does this research topic fall into the same category? This case looks at issues of research involving student participants.

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