{"id":1063,"date":"2020-01-16T14:55:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/chapter\/key-takeaways-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:31:21","slug":"key-takeaways-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/chapter\/key-takeaways-2\/","title":{"raw":"Key Takeaways","rendered":"Key Takeaways"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Key Takeaways<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>A <strong><em>human subject <\/em><\/strong>is defined as \u201ca living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains: 1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or 2) identifiable private information).\u201d Non-human research participants, on the other hand, are objects or entities that investigators manipulate or analyze in the process of conducting research.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong><em>Research on human participants <\/em><\/strong>is underpinned by moral and ethical principles. 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