Begin using new Non-Jurisdiction form immediately (version 03 February 2020).
The Non-Jurisdiction form should primarily be used for:
- Case Studies
- Literature Reviews
- Non-human laboratory study
- Faculty education or program QA/QI*
*Faculty doing QA/QI projects will typically use this form; but students doing QA/QI projects will need to use the Exemption Request Form.
Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI):
QA/QI studies should also be submitted using the Exempt form. QA/QI activities lack a systematic investigation and/or applicable generalizable knowledge outside of the specific location being assessed. Findings are only expected to directly affect site-specific individuals, institutional practices, and/or will only help improve agency outcomes or processes.
Evaluation vs. Research (shared from Mathison, 2007)
- Evaluation particularizes, research generalizes.
- Evaluation is designed to improve something, while research is designed to prove something.
- Evaluation – so what? Research – what’s so?
- Evaluation – how well it works? Research– how it works?
- Evaluation is about what is valuable; research is about what is.
- Evaluation provides the basis for decision-making; research provides the basis for drawing conclusions.
Research vs. Evaluation (Blome, 2009 – Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Research
- Produces generalizable knowledge
- Scientific inquiry based on intellectual curiosity
- Advances broad knowledge and theory
- Controlled setting
Evaluation
- Judges merit or worth
- Policy & program interests of stakeholders paramount
- Provides information for decision-making on specific program
- Conducted within setting of changing actors, priorities, resources, & timelines
Program evaluation activities are not considered human subject research when (shared from Chen 2013, Stanford)
- They do not involve experimental or non-standard interventions;
- Their intent is only to provide information for and about the setting in which they are conducted;
- They are conducted as part of the standard operating procedures of the setting; and
- They are (usually) not subject to peer review.
