Peer review - Psychology A Level AQA / AQA A-level PSYCHOLOGY Psychol
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1. What is peer review? A system for checking research papers before publishing
2. Why is peer review used? To check quality and validity
3. Who does the peer review? Independent experts
4. What is the first stage? A researcher writes up his research in a standard format and sends
it to an editor
5. What is the second stage? If the editor is interested, they send it to several experts, who will
be the reviewers
6. What do the reviewers as- Clarity, accuracy, appropriateness, methodology, and theoretical
sess? basis
7. What happens after the re- They send it back to the editor, which suggestions
viewers assess the paper?
8. What does the editor do af- Send them to the researcher
ter they receive the sugges-
tions?
9. What happens after the re- They edit the paper
searcher receives the sug-
gestions?
10. What happens at the end of The paper is either published or rejected
the process?
11. Strength of peer review re- If the research is good quality, it will attract more funding, so peer
lating to funding? review helps this
12. It helps boost the credibility of psychology as a science
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in context Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hci8zr
1. What is peer review? A system for checking research papers before publishing
2. Why is peer review used? To check quality and validity
3. Who does the peer review? Independent experts
4. What is the first stage? A researcher writes up his research in a standard format and sends
it to an editor
5. What is the second stage? If the editor is interested, they send it to several experts, who will
be the reviewers
6. What do the reviewers as- Clarity, accuracy, appropriateness, methodology, and theoretical
sess? basis
7. What happens after the re- They send it back to the editor, which suggestions
viewers assess the paper?
8. What does the editor do af- Send them to the researcher
ter they receive the sugges-
tions?
9. What happens after the re- They edit the paper
searcher receives the sug-
gestions?
10. What happens at the end of The paper is either published or rejected
the process?
11. Strength of peer review re- If the research is good quality, it will attract more funding, so peer
lating to funding? review helps this
12. It helps boost the credibility of psychology as a science
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