Comm Neuro-Peer review

Question 1

Why could a peer-reviewed paper be poor quality?

Answer 1

• It was badly written
• Bad science-poor experiments without sufficient statisticla power
• Fabricated data-cause a retraction

Question 2

What are the ARRIVE guidelines?

Title and Abstract

Answer 2

1. Title should be accurate and concise
2. Abstract should have background, the objectives, methods, key findings and conclusions

Question 3

What are the ARRIVE guidelines?

Introduction

Answer 3

3.Background and 4.Objectives

Question 4

What are the ARRIVE guidelines?

Methods

Answer 4

5. Ethical statement
6. Study design(blinding/randomisation)
7. Experimental procedures (How,why, when, where)
8. Experimental animals (species,sex,weight)
9. Housing and husbandry
10. Sample size
11. Allocation experimental groups
12. Experimental outcomes
13. Statistical methods

Question 5

What are the ARRIVE guidelines?

Results

Answer 5

14. Baseline data
15. Numbers analysed
16. Outcomes and estimations
17. Adverse events

Question 6

What are the ARRIVE guidelines?

Discussion

Answer 6

18. Interpretation and implicatons
19. Generalisability and translation
20. Funding

Question 7

What is the checklist for critical analysis of scientific literature?

Answer 7

• Is the study hypothesis-driven or exploratory?
• Is the study reproducible?
• Are the results understandable and convincing?
• Is the interpretation of the data convincing?
• Is the work important and why?

Question 8

See One note for full checklist

Answer 8

Cannot pull it into here, could make a separate card for each section? yeah might do