Does your research project include plans to use individually-identifiable data about Trinity students, alumni, faculty, or staff, provided by the Analytics and Strategic Initiatives Center (ASIC)?
Examples of YES
- Individual data that Trinity College has previously collected
- Online surveys that you need ASIC to send to specific people at Trinity
- Interview invitations that you need ASIC to send to specific people at Trinity
Examples of NO
- Aggregated (grouped) data, that cannot be traced back to individuals
- Masked data, where someone has already removed individual identifiers
- Data that has already been provided to you by another office at Trinity
- Surveys or interview invitations that you will send to people at Trinity
If YES, then follow these steps before submitting your Trinity IRB application:
- Learn more about the Analytics and Strategic Initiatives Center (ASIC)
- Schedule a meeting with Trinity’s Director of Institutional Research to review your study design and discuss the availability of relevant data. Please budget sufficient time for this step, as it sometimes requires multiple meetings to finalize the data acquisition plan.
- When completing your Trinity IRB online application, you will be asked if you plan to use individually-identifiable data about Trinity students, alumni, faculty, or staff? If you select ‘yes’, then before you submit your application, you are encouraged to meet or correspond with the Director of Institutional Research to review your study design and discuss the availability of relevant data.
Director: Lester Ko
Email: [email protected]
Office location: Admissions & Career Services Center
