Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about reporting research.
Hints
- Only one option is false; find the claim that over-trusts peer review.
- Peer review improves quality but cannot certify a finding as true.
Show the answer
- A. Preregistration helps prevent selective reporting of results.
- B. Publication bias favors significant results over null results.
- C. The Method section should let others replicate the study.
- D. Reviewers catch a great deal and are not in a position to catch everything.
Why
Peer review as an imperfect filter, publication bias, preregistration, and the Method's replicability role are all true. A peer-reviewed finding is not automatically correct - only replication builds that confidence, making it the one false option.
Practise Reporting Research Findings
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