> I do accounting research. My human-subjects research involves surveying practitioners about their jobs, interviewing them about their experiences, and conducting very simple experiments online that ask them to make decisions. There is virtually 0 real risk to any participants of my studies.
Cool, I guess. I wouldn't want to participate if my answers were visible to my employer because honest answers could put my employment at risk.
> As an academic researcher, it's most frustrating in that it feels like IRB scrutiny doesn't seem to align with risk.
As a worker^H^H^H^H^H^Hhuman I find it most frustrating when academics don't understand what things I consider to be risks.
If my answers to your research are leaked, can they be tracked back to me? Onedrive is terrible, just look at Microsoft's repeated flagrant disregard for security. Dropbox is awful too, just look at how easy it is to accidentally a whole folder. Why would you store your data in such places instead of on a research computer with locked down access? That screams to me of a researcher who doesn't understand the value (and risk) of the data they hold. Or perhaps of a researcher who doesn't value that risk appropriately. Perhaps also researcher who doesn't coordinate with their IT department, or an IT department who's equally or worse as competent.
Cool, I guess. I wouldn't want to participate if my answers were visible to my employer because honest answers could put my employment at risk.
> As an academic researcher, it's most frustrating in that it feels like IRB scrutiny doesn't seem to align with risk.
As a worker^H^H^H^H^H^Hhuman I find it most frustrating when academics don't understand what things I consider to be risks.
If my answers to your research are leaked, can they be tracked back to me? Onedrive is terrible, just look at Microsoft's repeated flagrant disregard for security. Dropbox is awful too, just look at how easy it is to accidentally a whole folder. Why would you store your data in such places instead of on a research computer with locked down access? That screams to me of a researcher who doesn't understand the value (and risk) of the data they hold. Or perhaps of a researcher who doesn't value that risk appropriately. Perhaps also researcher who doesn't coordinate with their IT department, or an IT department who's equally or worse as competent.