You are using a secondary data set from the Pew Center to understand people's attitudes about abortion. Which of the following is true about your approval from the IRB?
A) You need approval for secondary data analysis research because you will be getting the raw data.
B) You do not need to get IRB approval because the original researchers already did that.
C) You will need to get informed consent again from everyone who participated to use their data.
D) Your IRB application will take extra long because you will need approval from both the IRB used by the original researchers and the one at your university.

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Secondary data analysis typically requires IRB approval if the data is not publicly available or if it contains identifiable information.

You Are Using a Secondary Data Set from the Pew