A social work student wants to gather data from existing public records. He will have a(n) ______ IRB review.

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Research involving the collection or study of existing data, documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects, often qualifies for exempt status under specific categories of exemption defined by the IRB.

A Social Work Student Wants to Gather Data from Existing