ddi_studyAuthorization {rddi}

studyAuthorization and its child nodes

Description

Study Authorization provides structured information on the agency that authorized the study, the date of authorization, and an authorization statement. More information on these elements, especially their allowed attributes, can be found in the references.

Usage

ddi_studyAuthorization(...)

ddi_authorizationStatement(...)

ddi_authorizingAgency(...)

Arguments

...

Child nodes or attributes.

Details

Parent nodes

studyAuthorization is contained in stdyDscr.

studyAuthorization specific child nodes

• ddi_authorizationStatement() is the text of the authorization.

• ddi_authorizingAgency() is the name of the agent or agency that authorized the study.

Value

A ddi_node object.

References

studyAuthorization documentation

authorizationStatement documentation

authorizingAgency documentation

Examples

ddi_studyAuthorization()

# Functions that have to be wrapped in ddi_studyAuthorization()

ddi_authorizationStatement("Required documentation covering the study purpose, 
                           disclosure information, questionnaire content, and 
                           consent statements was delivered to the OUHS on 
                           2010-10-01 and was reviewed by the compliance officer. 
                           Statement of authorization for the described study 
                           was issued on 2010-11-04.")
                           
ddi_authorizingAgency(affiliation = "Purdue University",
                      abbr = "OUHS",
                      "Office for Use of Human Subjects")