noun · academic
ethical approval
/ˈɛθɪkəl əˈpruːvəl/ETH·i·cal ap·PROV·al
official permission from an ethics board to carry out research involving people or animals
Examples
“They obtained ethical approval before starting interviews with students.”
“Many journals require authors to state whether they had ethical approval.”
“Applying for ethical approval can take several months.”
Band 8 sentence
“Securing ethical approval and documenting informed consent were prerequisites for publishing the human-subjects study.”
Collocations
- obtain ethical approval
- seek ethical approval
- ethical approval form
Word family
Common mistakes
apply for permission ethical→apply for ethical approval / apply for permission from the ethics board
ethical approve→ethical approval
obtain ethics approval→obtain ethical approval / obtain ethics approval (có chấp nhận được nhưng collocation chuẩn là 'ethical approval')
Say it for a higher band
5permission→6approval→7+ethical approval
Synonyms
ethics clearance
Easily confused
informed consent
“Participants signed informed consent forms before the interviews began.”
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