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这个装13的旅美学者使用了维基百科,但只采用了对他有利的证据,他那双13眼愣是没看到IRB豁免的情形,结合该博士论文,可能用到的豁免依据是4和5,摘录如下:
4. Research involving the collection or study of existing data, documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects.
5. Research and demonstration projects which are conducted by or subject to the approval of department or agency heads, and which are designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine:
public benefit or service programs;
procedures for obtaining benefits or services under those programs;
possible changes in or alternatives to those programs or procedures; or
possible changes in methods or levels of payment for benefits or services under those programs.
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