peer review Flashcards
What is a peer review?
Small group of experts scrutinising the report/research - is objective and unknown to the researcher or author.
What is the purpose of peer review?
To ensure the accuracy of research findings.
To allocate funding for future research.
Ensure quality and relevance of research.
Doing this prevents irrelevant findings and fraudulent finding being published.
How is peer review processed?
Checked by other psychologists in the field before deciding whether work is published and can be anonymous.
Recommend changes or can recommend for publishing or rejection.
Check work for validity, originality and significance.
What is a strength of peer review?
Anonymity - there is an honest process where smaller psychologists can present their research and reduces gender bias.
What is a limitation of peer review?
Anonymity - some reviewers may use anonymity to criticise rival researcher as they have competition for funding, there may favour open reviewing (editors and journals).
Publication bias - some journal may undermine less significant data and doesn’t demonstrate the progression of psychology truthfully - file drawer pattern where more significant data is more likely to be approved.
