a while back I asked a question about some work done by the SPR in regards to psychical research
many of you guys asked for some peer reviewed work , can you explain peer reviewed to me and how much more of a difference it makes to submitted evidence
2007-08-01 11:11:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
could be church lady !
2007-08-01 11:16:04 · update #1
seems the link for the site I gave has a peer reviewed journal... was just curious to what difference this made in regards to psychical research
2007-08-01 11:17:38 · update #2
Peer reviewed generally means non-affiliated experts in the field, and in scientific research in general, have reviewed the methods, data, and conclusion and found it to be sound (or not). It makes a difference in that other experts find the research valid. If no one outside of the research group has reviewed it, then they could essentially say anything and get lots of people to believe it. Since they generally won't release their actual methods or data, just the conclusion, there is no way to judge the validity of the research.
It is also nice for research to be peer reviewed because then us laymen won't have to review the technical stuff for our (unqualified) selves to determine the validity; we can trust the unaffiliated experts who have reviewed it for us.
2007-08-01 11:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure you understand what this is but I will use simple easy terms as if explaining it to someone who didn't.
Basically, peers are the equivalent of the person making the claim who are in the same field. So a biologist co-worker of another biologist would be a peer. As would a biologist in Sweden.
Peer reviewed means it has been looked over by other people who also work in the field to check for errors, omissions, and false presumptions. It also means that if someone does find errors that the work can be pulled from publishing and or be blocked from seeing public release.
Peer reviewing is an error checking system so people who are scientists don't just claim they found something when in actuality what they claim is false.
2007-08-01 18:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by meissen97 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peer reviewed requires other experts to review the evidence claims and decide whether it actually makes any sense.
It makes a difference because it requires a check before something is published as to whether there is any validity in the claims. Just being peer reviewed though doesn't mean there is necessarily anything valid though. It's just a first step on whether it is worth pursuing. After publication other studies should be done by independent researchers to determine whether there is anything valid behind the claims originally submitted.
2007-08-01 18:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peer reviewed means, "Reviewed by peers."
In other words, peer-reviewed studies are those which are submitted to members of that field for critique and scrutiny. This makes it far more likely that if there are any flaws in the work, they will be found out before the work is accepted.
2007-08-01 18:16:09 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A paper (such as a paper about CLONING) gets submitted to an editor of a journal. The editor finds experts on the subject of the paper and sends them copies. They give feedback about the quality and legitimacy of the work. The editor then decides if the paper is of high enough quality and authenticity to merit publication, based on the expert opinions. The manuscript then goes back to the author as either rejected, accepted with revisions, or accepted as is. An accepted manuscript gets published by the journal.
People who read the journal can trust that anything they read in it has passed this review process.
2007-08-01 18:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peer reviewed means it is a scholarly article that has been read over and evaluated by members of the same field of study as the writter, before the article is published.
2007-08-01 19:57:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just what it sounds like. If you write an article on physics in a peer-reviewed journal, the journal has other physicists vet the article you write.
It lends the article, and the journal, scientific credibility.
2007-08-01 18:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Peer reviewed basically means it has stood up to the criticisms of other people with recognized knowledge and relevant qualifications in that field.
2007-08-01 18:15:47 · answer #8 · answered by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think it must mean that the work has been reviewed by others with comparable knowledge on the subject.
2007-08-01 20:51:15 · answer #9 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheist/evolutionists controlled by Satan? That's a bit stiff! But if it makes you happy to think that, go right ahead... ahem, sorry, this had nothing to do with the original question- or did it?
2007-08-01 18:20:11 · answer #10 · answered by Buzzard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋