Peer Review

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  • Peer Review
    • Research Funding
      • Allocate research funding to valuable projects
      • Peer reviewer may use anonymity to criticise researchers in direct competition
    • Coverage
      • Media (publication) bias; what research projects attract readers
      • Researchers may bury contradictory research
    • Knowledge
      • 'Pool' produced by peer review
      • Suggest amendments / improvements
    • Reliability
      • Validate quality and relevance of research
      • Accuracy
      • Inter-rater reliability: data needs to be 80+% matching
        • Observer bias (forgotten info)
        • Increases  objectivity

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