RACC Certified Research Administrator (CRA) Practice Exam

Which scenario would identify as human subjects?

There is interaction with participants or identifiable private information No interaction and no identifiable information Data only from public sources Data are anonymized

Correct Answer:

There is interaction with participants or identifiable private information

Explanation:

The key idea is that research involves human subjects when you either interact with people or collect information that can identify them. In this scenario, there is interaction with participants or identifiable private information, which means the research involves human subjects. If there’s no interaction and no identifiable information, it’s not human subjects research, because you’re not obtaining data about individuals in a way that can identify them. Data from public sources can still be about people, but without interaction or private identifiers it typically isn’t considered human subjects. Data that are anonymized remove identifiers, so the individuals are no longer identifiable, which also means they are not human subjects under standard definitions.

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