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I did not agree with the conclusions of the paper, but I fell prey of the same bias that many others had: it was "published in Lancet" and "those journals have
by lbeltrame 6y ago
I did not agree with the conclusions of the paper, but I fell prey of the same bias that many others had: it was "published in Lancet" and "those journals have strict peer review".
The lesson I learned is that I will always scrutinize papers I read with a more critical eye, regardless of where they were published in.
- caseysoftware 6y agoI think we need to understand exactly what "peer review" is required for publication or publication certain places. Is it: a) a grammar/spelling check b) a gut check to make sure it "makes sense" c) validation of the math/analysis d) validation of the underlying experimental procedure used to collect the data e) validation of the underlying selection criteria for inputs/candidates in the experiment f) reproducibility of the experiment and results g) something else? h) all of the above My impression is that "peer review" generally includes a & b and sometimes c & d.