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[chicandtoughness]

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[Ollie123]

99/100 - you don't. Those who do usually seek an academic affiliation (which these days is not hard to get - often just a matter of networking with the right people and asking). Archival research is potentially somewhat easier to do, but remember that you won't have library access and that SPSS licenses are > $1,000/year (SAS even more expensive, R is obviously free).

 

[NotTheHoff]

If it's involving human subjects data that would require IRB approval, you can contact a local organization's IRB and request they review your study for approval. A local teaching hospital or university would definitely suffice.

 

[Ollie123]

If it's involving human subjects data that would require IRB approval, you can contact a local organization's IRB and request they review your study for approval. A local teaching hospital or university would definitely suffice.

Note that if they are willing to do it - they usually attach a fee for unaffiliated faculty (and sometimes even those without a primary appt in the university). Ranging from hundreds to thousands. That said - there are private fee-based IRBs you can go to as well (and yes - it is exactly as sketchy as it sounds).

 

[NotTheHoff]

Note that if they are willing to do it - they usually attach a fee for unaffiliated faculty (and sometimes even those without a primary appt in the university). Ranging from hundreds to thousands. That said - there are private fee-based IRBs you can go to as well (and yes - it is exactly as sketchy as it sounds).

Indeed. Relatedly, another side option would be to see if faculty at a local institution will agree to collaborate with you on the project (how little they actually do would be up to the two of you) and then have that faculty submit the IRB for both of you.

 

[chicandtoughness]

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[Ollie123]

Possibly. Not all community colleges will have IRBs and many places with IRBs will not allow adjuncts to use them (at least not without a core faculty collaborator).

 

[WJPSYCH]

99/100 - you don't. Those who do usually seek an academic affiliation (which these days is not hard to get - often just a matter of networking with the right people and asking). Archival research is potentially somewhat easier to do, but remember that you won't have library access and that SPSS licenses are > $1,000/year (SAS even more expensive, R is obviously free).

(Shudders at the price) I thought it was bad that I shelled out $120 for an SPSS license before my school email went away.