Research Rules
Section outline
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Research Involving Human Subjects
Research Involving Human Subjects
Defining “Research”
Research is “a systematic investigation including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.”
In the social and behavioral sciences, much research fits within the traditional understanding of scientific methodology. However, the application of the term “systematic” depends largely upon discipline-specific methodology. A systematic inquiry in psychology might involve observing the interactions between dependent and independent variables. On the other hand, when ethnographers study communities, they may not have a priori hypotheses, but their observations and interviews are informed by constructs, such as the function of communities, and are thus systematic in terms of their discipline.
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Maseno University Ethics Review Committee
Maseno University has an Ethics Review Committee known as the Maseno University Ethics Review Committee (MUERC). MUERC was accredited by the National Bioethics Committee and is allowed to operate and conduct ethics review of research proposals in PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
Read more on the application Guidelines, Policies and Procedures below........
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MUERC Regulations
Click on the links below for more details on MUERC Requirements
Committee Meeting Schedule for the Year 2018
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