tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post6028249219328142815..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Why Peer Review Does Not Mean MuchClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-13737954265446350802015-08-29T16:52:38.782-06:002015-08-29T16:52:38.782-06:00Check out http://retractionwatch.com/ for lots, lo...Check out http://retractionwatch.com/ for lots, lots, more of this stuff.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560562004881756340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-13801532172025529222015-08-28T19:34:52.265-06:002015-08-28T19:34:52.265-06:00Having been a reviewer in the past, I have to say ...Having been a reviewer in the past, I have to say that it's often a thankless task. You don't have access to the actual data to double check the results. At best, your ability to check the results is extremely limited, and in the Social Sciences you can't even check to see if they did their equations correctly. <br /><br />So I feel for the reviewers in that there's relatively little you can do to check the work of social sciences in particular. At best, you can check to see that their citations are correct and, in general, that they used appropriate tests for significance and generally good experimental procedure. But detecting fraud? Highly unlikely.PhaseMarginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631941929380901353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-75323867875149407492015-08-27T18:41:46.670-06:002015-08-27T18:41:46.670-06:00In short the Academic left has concluded they can&...In short the Academic left has concluded they can't even rely on the Academic left to go along with their research conclusions. So they have to forge other academics names and or create their own good reviews. And these are the supportive- Good- reviews. One has to wonder how many bad reviews of peoples research is in fact from fake addresses and under false names.James Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049975540976175810noreply@blogger.com