research methods

• peer review:

  • to detect any extraneous variables
• peer review:

  • Other people in the same field also scrutinise the research of theories.
  • It's a slow process
  • critical of new ideas that don't agree with what experts currently believe.
• Steps to peer review:

  1. Researcher submits proposed article
  2. Psychologists in a similar field agree to review it without payment
  3. They review: study design, validity, method, content, structure, and language
  4. Feedback determines acceptance of the article
  5. The editor makes the final decision