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B2-42 / CEFR B2 / EPISODE 42

Research Ethics Hearing

Distinguishing advice from formal approval

SceneA research ethics panel is questioning Tina about her study of the city's bike-share system. Her approval came through on March fifteenth, but some of her data work started earlier.

Tina speaking during an ethics hearing.
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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Narrator

A research ethics panel is questioning Tina about her study of the city's bike-share system. Her approval came through on March fifteenth, but some of her data work started earlier.

研究倫理委員会が、市のシェアサイクルに関するティナの研究について質問している。承認が下りたのは3月15日だが、データ作業の一部はそれより前に始まっていた。

Panel01

Your report says analysis began on March second, before approval on March fifteenth. Why?

報告書によると、分析を始めたのは3月2日で、承認された3月15日より前ですね。なぜですか？

Tina02

Let me explain the data analysis and the interviews separately.

データの分析とインタビューを分けてご説明させてください。

Panel03

Start with the records.

まず、記録の分析からお願いします。

Tina04

I analyzed public bike-share records: trip times and docking stations. I started because my supervisor said I could.

分析したのは、シェアサイクルの利用時間や貸出・返却場所の公開記録です。指導担当から始めてよいと言われたので、着手しました。

Panel05

Did you confirm that with us?

その点を、この委員会に確認しましたか？

Tina06

No. She told me in the hallway, "You can start with the public records."

いいえ。廊下で指導担当から「公開記録の分析から始めていいよ」と言われました。

Panel07

Your supervisor's advice isn't approval from this panel.

指導担当の助言は、この委員会からの承認とは違います。

Tina08

I see. Let me put it another way: I treated advice as permission. I should've checked with you.

分かりました。言い換えると、助言を許可だと受け取ってしまいました。こちらに確認すべきでした。

Panel09

And the forty riders you interviewed? When did recruiting start?

では、インタビューした40人の利用者については？募集はいつ始めましたか？

Tina10

March twentieth, after approval. Everyone signed the approved consent form before their interview. That part I did by the book.

承認後の3月20日です。全員、インタビューの前に承認済みの同意書に署名しました。そこは手順どおりにやりました。

Panel11

Send a timeline separating those two stages by Friday. We'll review the early analysis separately.

その二つの段階を分けた時系列の資料を、金曜までに提出してください。承認前の分析については、別途確認します。

Tina12

You'll have it Thursday. Could you confirm receipt by email? I'm getting everything in writing now.

木曜にお出しします。受け取ったことをメールで確認していただけますか？これからは何でも書面で残します。

Panel13

Yes. But "good morning" in the hallway is still allowed.

はい。ただ、廊下で「おはようございます」と言うくらいは構いませんよ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“Her approval came through on March fifteenth”

Come through describes an awaited approval, permission, or result finally arriving after processing. Compare My loan came through. The problem is that Tina began analyzing the data before the approval arrived on March fifteenth.

“Let me put it another way”

Let me put it another way. introduces a reformulation of a point or understanding after someone responds. Let me put it this way. and In other words are similar. The expression also appears in B2-47 and B2-56. Here Tina briefly restates her mistake: she treated advice as permission.

“That part I did by the book.”

By the book means according to the rules or prescribed procedure. Moving That part to the beginning emphasizes a contrast: at least this part was handled correctly.

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