Peer review

Question 1

What is peer review ?

Answer 1

Research is checked over and analysed by other researchers before it is published.

Question 2

What does the feedback determine ?

Answer 2

Determines if the article is accepted and published.
Can accept it but want to change a few things so will be published at a later date.

Question 3

What methods of peer review are there ?
Open review
Single blind
Double-blind review

Answer 3

Open review - Researchers and reviewers known to each other

Single blind - Researchers not know the reviewers - stop them from influencing the reviewer.

Double-blind - Both researcher and reviewer do not know eachother.
Stops bias towards researcher - reviewer not influenced by researcher on whether they accept the paper or not.

Question 4

Evaluation

Answer 4

Prevents faulty data going out to public - findings can often make impact on policies/laws.
(11+ exam happen due to faulty psychological finding).

Can slow down publication of materials. (Time consuming)
Higher cost (train people to analyse data and correctly evaluate if it should be published).

With double-blind - some reviewers can use it as a chance to prevent researchers from publishing their work and then steal the ideas for themselves.