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The social work researcher must, of course, abide by the principles enumerated in this part of the chapter. This means achieving voluntary participation from nonvulnerable populations, protecting privacy, and causing no harm by your research procedures.

Your interaction with your IRB will be less complicated if certain things are present in your research situation. If you are engaging in a study where the results are not being made public (publication, poster presentation, newsletter, etc.), you are in a situation where some IRBs will not consider your work to be subject to review by the board because it is not designed for the achievement of general knowledge.

If you intend to make your research results public, you are likely to be expected to provide some form of report to your IRB. You will be in better shape if you can collect your data anonymously, use a harmless questionnaire or scale, and obtain the voluntary participation of adults who are not in a place like a prison where people are considered especially vulnerable. Failure to achieve any of these elements of research will make your interaction with your IRB more complicated.