That's okay though. I know you worked extremely hard on it, but there's always room for improvement, and this is going to be the crowning achievement of your educational career, the thing that stays in print, and hopefully other people read, so there's certainly nothing wrong with taking these expert's opinions and using them to make your work the best it can be :)
Part of the project was tested in class, to determine how well it worked. All the results of that testing are not allowed to be used in print since the instructor (and the author of the tool) failed to get permission to test on human subjects.
Sure, once I'm trained on how to do human trials, get certified by the NIH, and get approval from two boards, then get a group of students that have not used the software, teach them the subject, and validate their results. All by Dec 8th.
Or, after one or two more semesters, during which I get to pay to continue this class. Whee.
That is unfortunate, but fwiw, the human subject approval usually isn't too hard if it's not a medical or psychological test you're doing. The point is to be aware of potential risks of the test and assure the subjects have given informed consent. I went through the human subjects approval process for my thesis, (which originally was going to be a study via interviews and surveys,) and since the potential risk to my subjects was nearly nil, the approval wasn't difficult to get.
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I know that you're bummed, but I agree that this will make your publication even better in the long run. Hang in there!
good luck. i only vaguely remember when i got certified by NIH for human testing, but i remember it wasn't all that difficult. good luck with everything. have a beer and a footrub. get a footrun *in* beer..
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Also, what's this about testing humans? ;)
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Or, after one or two more semesters, during which I get to pay to continue this class. Whee.
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*hugs*
I know that you're bummed, but I agree that this will make your publication even better in the long run. Hang in there!
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