Has someone of the opposite sex ever tried to pledge to your chapter?

[akamie]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

You completely missed my point. I cannot do any research associated with my university without permission from the IRB (Institutional Review Board) and the HAC (Human Assurances Committee). Since you're dealing with human subjects, and asking about sensitive information such as sex and gender, I assumed you'd have to go through some office and have approval and faculty oversight. One shouldn't have to search for the details about the project, it should be readily available and perhaps the University of Alaska Anchorage has different standards for student research than other schools. However I didn't find your project listed here http://ugresearch.uaa.alaska.edu/~urps/view_student.php so I thought I'd mention that I couldn't find the information. I've never seen a study without a faculty contact, so I asked. We get so many people on here asking for help with their projects, and the fact your name and chapter is listed doesn't mean a whole lot as anyone can register on GreekChat, and we've had all kinds of crazy, including impostors and perps.

As I stated before, this survey was only one facet of our research study, and yes we did have to go through quite an extensive Institutional Review Board project for the study of human subjects, including not only the traditional course and testing process required by our university but a hearing process as well that would allow us to research non-consenting parties in an ethical manner. Many studies are not made "readily available" to the public because their results depend on a degree of unawareness of the subjects they study, but those studies including this one also tend to have the most invigorating vetting process for approval as a protection. Since one of our methods utilized researching non-consenting parties you will not find our research listed at that website to protect the integrity of the study- moreover the majority of those projects are not current undertaking and are only listed on the website once the study is in full swing and findings ready for publication, which are research has just barely achieved. However, we do have a faculty sponsor and approval from our institution. And while I understand that it can be easy to be pose as someone else online, the point that I was contactable by not only this venue but a simple google search should have led to no alarm regarding the study. By the way, this is not simply for your information, but the information of anyone who was wary of participating in this forum or the survey which in and of itself were both voluntary public acts.