6 peer review and the economy

what is a peer review and peer reviewers

is to decide whether a research proposal should be funded and after the study is done, whether the report should be published

peer reviewers are experts in the field

whats the purpose of a PR?

• ensure that flawed unscientific or fraudalent research isnt published

• maintain the integrity of psychological research

process of PR

1) peer reviewers must thoroughly read and independently scrutinise the report to establish;

• see if its ethical, valid, original, reliable, if it furthers psychological knowledge

2) peer reviewers recommendation to the editor, by;

• be published as it is, or be edited then it can be published, or not at all

editors take peer reviewers recommendations seriously, but its the editor who makes final decision to whether publish the journal

peer review ao3

+ peer reviewers make sure to only publish trustworthy research

+ rigorous process to prevent bias

+ w/o peer review, gov may bring in poorly researched legislation on basis of findings

+ no viable alternative: PR is the best we have

- Peer reviewers who are invested in the current paradigm may not want to publish research that challenges it and may block findings that contradict their theories.

- Some fields have a very small group of experts they may make agreements to ‘pass' reports not because of the quality of the work but because of friendships, alliances or feuds.

- Studies have shown that where the experimental hypothesis is accepted, the report is more likely to be published this may suppress no effect findings which can be just as usual to furthering understanding.

- The rigorousness of the process may mean that Type Il errors are more

what does economy refer to

employment, productivity, healthcare costs and government spending.

RS findings can give an economic boost or can require greater levels of spending

what are the three implications of the economy

gov spending

productivity and job creation/deletion

attracting funds