| ID | 160325 |
| Title Proper | Protecting the Community |
| Other Title Information | Lessons from the Montana Flyer Project |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Johnson, Jeremy B |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In October 2014, flyers appeared in mailboxes of Montana voters that positioned nominees for the state Supreme Court according to an ideological scale. The study, authored by researchers from Stanford and Dartmouth, was met with public outrage. The Commissioner of Political Practices in Montana asked me to vet the ethics of the study. The investigation led me to conclude that current Institutional Review Board (IRB) practices are inadequate for evaluating research involving field experiments in political science because there is no explicit attention in the process to protect a community. I believe the IRB should mandate that researchers explicitly address implications about how their research could affect the communities they study. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Science and Politics Vol. 51, No.3; Jul 2018: p.615-619 |
| Journal Source | Political Science and Politics 2018-09 51, 3 |
| Key Words | Montana Flyer Project |