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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: IRB. 2010 Sep–Oct;32(5):10–19.

Table 5.

IRB Chairs’ Ratings of Experts in Research Ethics as Resources

Characteristic Category N % Very Helpful p value
Attended a conference on human protection in past three years p = 0.016
Yes 58 32.8
No 24 62.5

Number of new protocols reviewed per year p = 0.018
<50 29 58.6
>50 50 30.0

Number of new protocols reviewed per member per year p = 0.029
<5 27 59.3
>5 50 32.0