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Ethics approval

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounCommon term

In academic english & research, ethics approval means: Official permission from an ethics committee or review board confirming that a study involving people or animals meets ethical standards before it begins.

In Turkish: etik kurul onayı, etik onay, etik izin

How it is used

Researchers apply for, obtain or receive ethics approval, and articles state the committee's name and approval number. In the US the body is usually an Institutional Review Board (IRB); in the UK and Europe, a research ethics committee.

Example sentences

  1. Ethics approval was granted by the university's Social Sciences Ethics Committee (No. 2023/45).

  2. You cannot start the interviews until you receive ethics approval.

Common collocations

  • obtain ethics approval
  • apply for ethics approval
  • ethics committee
  • ethics approval number
  • informed consentA participant's voluntary agreement to take part in research after being told about its purpose, procedures, risks and their right to withdraw.
  • confidentialityThe duty to keep participants' personal information private and to store and report data so that people cannot be identified.
  • academic integrityThe commitment to honesty, fairness and responsibility in study and research, including citing sources, reporting data truthfully and doing your own work.
  • participantA person who takes part in a study, for example by answering a questionnaire, being interviewed or completing an experiment.

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