Approved Projects Using Telephone Surveys: None

Occasionally, faculty or students in the Department of Psychology may conduct research using a telephone survey methodology. In such cases, the proposed research would have been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Illinois State University, and the researcher would clearly identify himself or herself as a faculty member or student in the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University. He or she would then describe the nature of the study and secure potential participants’ assent to participate in the research before soliciting any responses to specific research questions.

The Department of Psychology Research Web site identifies research projects that have been approved by the IRB to use a telephone survey methodology. If you have questions about these projects, please contact the researcher affiliated with the project. If you believe you have been contacted by someone requesting your participation in a research project in the Psychology Department at Illinois State and do not see the researcher or project listed on the Research Web site, you are encouraged to contact Dr. Neil Skaggs, Interim Chair at (309) 438-8651 or by e-mail at ntskaggs@ilstu.edu.