peer review✅

Question 1

what is it?

Answer 1

before publicising the research, it must be looked over by other experts, these ppl should be objective and unknown to the researcher

Question 2

what are the 3 aims?

Answer 2

1- allocate research funding

2- validation of the quality and relevance of research

3- improvements and amendments are suggested

Question 3

✅ strength?

❌ weakness?

Answer 3

✅ protects quality of published research, minimises possibility of fraudulent research and means its the highest quality, increases credibility

❌ publication bias - researchers tend to only want to publish ground breaking. headlines to gain attention, this means research that doesn’t fit this criteria is ignored