Peer review Flashcards
1
Q
What is a peer review?
A
Evaluation of quality and validity in scientific, academic or professional work by other experts working in the same field
2
Q
What are some consequences of publishing faulty research?
A
- Knock on effect on future research
- Dangerous = affecting lives
- useless
- incorrect psychological treatment
- cleaning up mistakes = time consuming
3
Q
Describe the process of a peer review?
A
- data collected
- send to journal editor who sends out for peer review
- peer review by other researches in similar fields
- work considered in terms of validity, significance and originality, + methods and design
- reviewer either accept with revisions or reject without resubmissions
4
Q
Weakness of peer review?
A
- slow, expensive
- high subjective
- easily abused
- prone to bias
- profligate of academic time
- not possible to find appropriate experts
