Research Coordinator Blog

  Last time, I began to go through the Secondary Use of Data Research Ethics Board form (which is on ICE: Teams – Academic – Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Research Ethics Board, then click on “Related Forms” on the left hand side; or click here ). Remember that the secondary use of data form is only to be used when the data are already available either publicly (Statistics Canada) or privately (your previous semester students’ performance). This week, I’ll be reviewing the rest of the sections of the form, beginning with Section 4.0. In the first sub-section (4.1), you’ll explain your research question, why it’s important and what you think the outcome will be (if you have a hypothesis). Then, you’ll explain where the data came from (who the participants were) and the purpose for the original (primary) data collection. For example, if you’d like to examine a previous semester’s student outcomes, the data were originally collected to provide feedback/grades to...

First thing’s first! Where is the form? It is available on ICE: Teams – Academic – Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Research Ethics Board (REB), then click on “Related Forms” on the left hand side (or just click here ). All of the REB forms are listed alphabetically, so scroll down to find the “Secondary Use of Data” form. Please note: the REB forms were updated a few months ago (November, 2021), so please be sure to use these new forms when submitting your application. As a reminder, this form is used when your research project involves secondary data (not primary data). That is, data which exist somewhere for some other purpose, but that you’d like to use to answer a research question (e.g., archives, Statistics Canada or other public database, a previous semester’s student performance that you realize now could answer a research question you have, or a previous research project (or projects) that you’d like to combine and/or re-analyse in a different way). Ther...