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The Scientific Process & Peer Review
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THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS AND PEER REVIEW
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- Assessing the quality of research (peer review) is part of the process of science.
- Allocation of research funding ensures it is spent on high quality research.
- Research in academic journals and books prevent incorrect data being published.
- Research rating of university departments is determined by REF (The Research Excellence Framework) peer review.
- Online journals (e.g. Philica) policed by 'wisdom of crowds'.
Evaluation
Finding an expert - for some topics, there aren't suitable 'peers'.
Anonymity - may help bury rival research.
Publication bias - journals prefer to publish positive results.
Status quo - preference against research that challenges accepted theories.
Fraudulent research - remains in public domain.
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- AS level AS Psychology (Research Methods end-of-chapter summary (mind maps)) Flowchart on The Scientific Process & Peer Review, created by Becky . on 29/03/2018.
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