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    5 months ago

    @HorseRabbit I think “inconsistencies between the consent documentation and the research reported” could be anything from

    • fewer consent forms than participants
    • age and sex of consent form signatures don’t match participant cohort
    • consent forms do not consent to an aspect of the research process
    • consent forms from clearly illiterate subjects or indicate in some other way that subjects do not understand the nature of the research, and methodology does not deal with this.

    Take for example that retracted study where the authors basically state that their research on Uighur DNA “might be useful for the police”..

    If you said that about, say, African-Americans in a ghetto I think most people would be suspicious of the level of informed consent given and want to look into it.