peer review & research report format

Question 1

peer review def & strengths

Answer 1

• experts check work before it’s published to ensure it’s high quality, accurate & contributes to research field
• ensure that only high quality research is funded, dissamated, becomes available as a body of scientific evidence & is used to form applications
• prevents scientific fraud & integreity of scientific research being damaged by inaccurate info

Question 2

peer review weaknesses

Answer 2

• if anonymity isn’t mantained, experts with conflict of interest may not approve research 2 further their career
• can contribute to file drawer effect as only statisically significant research is published so studies which contradict existing understanding may be overlooked or not published

Question 3

format for research report (title, abstract, appendices, table of contents, discussions & references)

Answer 3

TITLE - relevant, clear & informatives
ABSTRACT - summary which outlines background research, aims, method, procedure & results
APPENDICES - numbered, at end of paper & contains info considered to distracting/confusing to be in main body (eg: raw data, full instructions given to ps)
TABLE CONTENTS - optional, used alongside pg. no
DISCUSSION - explains meaning of results
REFERENCES - gives full details of refs cited in report

Question 4

format for research report (aims, hypothesis, method, procedure, findings)

Answer 4

AIM - statement of what researcher intends to find out
HYPOTHESIS - testable prediction about what rel between variables will be, should inc. operationalisation
METHOD - should be clear & outline exp design, procedure, controls & ethics
PROCEDURE - step by step instructions about how to conduct study so other can replicate it
FINDINGS - presentation of data found (eg: in graph)