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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
'''Peer review''' is when [[scientists]] check one another's work to make sure the [[method]], [[results]] and [[conclusion]]s are [[valid]].
===About Peer Review===
: '''Peer review''' is an essential process in science to check whether the ideas claimed by a [[scientist]] are true.
: '''Peer review''' is a useful process to prevent the false reporting or poor methodology of a group of researchers becoming accepted.
: Before '''peer review''' the scientific community does not accept a claim as being true.
: Unfortunately the [[Science in the Media|media]] often report on [[Scientific Paper|scientific papers]] before they are '''peer reviewed''' giving the false impression that something is established science, when it is not.
===Meaning===
'''Peer review''' is when [[scientists]] check one another's work to make sure the [[method]], [[results]] and [[conclusion]]s are [[valid]].
===About Peer Review===
: '''Peer review''' is an essential process in science to check whether the ideas claimed by a [[scientist]] are true.
: '''Peer review''' is a useful process to prevent the false reporting or poor methodology of a group of researchers becoming accepted.
: Before '''peer review''' the scientific community does not accept a claim as being true.
: Unfortunately the [[Science in the Media|media]] often report on [[Scientific Paper|scientific papers]] before they are '''peer reviewed''' giving the false impression that something is established science, when it is not.