Combined Science GCSE
Peer review
What Peer review means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Independent experts examine the report before or after publication, checking whether the evidence supports the claims and whether calculations and conclusions are sound.
Independent scrutiny by qualified specialists who did not carry out the study, evaluating the method, data and interpretation before a claim is accepted.
Tests whether evidence is reliable before a model is widely accepted, together with replication.
Topics that use Peer review
- Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (AQA GCSE)
- Radioactive contamination (AQA GCSE)
- The development of the model of the atom (common content with physics) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural emissions and waste decomposition
- Agriculture and waste as methane sources
- Atomic models
- Atomic structure
- Bias and source credibility
- Charge and repulsion
- Charge distribution
- Climate change
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