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AQA · GCSE · Physics · Higher

Scientific Peer Review

Q05.4 1 mark

Scientists monitored the effects of drinking the water from a revigator. Their methods and results were checked by other scientists.

What name is given to the process of other scientists checking work before it is published?

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  1. 1 Names the process as peer review.

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Peer review.

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Calls it independent checking.

That describes the idea but does not give the named pre-publication scientific process.