According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?


A. A researcher receives anonymized data for secondary analysis from a survey about gender-related differences in stress levels conducted by a colleague at another university.

B. A university designs an in-house study to improve the mentoring of women students in its engineering department with the proposed outcome consisting of a report of recommendations for the department.

C. An experiment is proposed on the relationship between gender-related stereotypes in math and the subsequent performance by males and females on math tests.

D. An organization for women academics in engineering asks a federal agency to provide the number of women investigators funded by that agency to include in a report for its membership.


Answer: C.