RM: Peer review

Question 1

What is peer review?

Answer 1

Objective and unknown experts scrutinise all aspects of investigation before it is published

Question 2

What are the aims of peer review

Answer 2

• Funding allocation
• Validation
• Improvements

Question 3

What is a strength of peer review?

Answer 3

Protects quality, minimises fraud, increases credibility and improves psychs reputation

Question 4

What are the limitations of peer review?

Answer 4

• Anonymity may be used to criticise rival work bc there is a lot of competition and limited funding
• Publication bias for headline grabbing research and what doesn’t meet this will be ignored
• Reviewers may be critical if it doesn’t reflect personal view and ground breaking research may be buried