Online Survey Research

The University policy states that all research involving human subjects undergo review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Investigators must submit an application to the Office of Research Compliance (ORC) for review by the IRB. The investigator may only then proceed to conduct online survey research using the survey instruments after the IRB's review and approval of the project.

Downloadable versions of the informed web consent template and recruitment email template for conducting online survey research can be found on our Informed Consents page.

Have you recently participated in an online survey?

If you participated in an online survey and have questions about your rights as a research participant or if you are dissatisfied with any part of the study in which you participated, you may contact (anonymously if you wish) the Mercer University Institutional Review Board by phone (478) 301-4101 or by email ORC_Research@Mercer.edu.