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The Institutional Review Board

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An institutional review board is a committee that reviews proposed research and must approve it before data collection begins.

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A board returns a stress-induction protocol with a required change to the withdrawal procedure before approving it.

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Review boards are not a formality invented for paperwork. They exist because studies that harmed participants were published.