Exempt Category #2

Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview procedures or observation of public behavior, unless:

• information obtained is recorded in such a manner that human subjects can be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects; or
  
  
• any disclosure of the human subjects' responses outside the research could reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging to the subjects' financial standing, employability, or reputation.