alleryStart learning →Before publication, a manuscript is evaluated by other experts in a process called:
AField study
BA peer review
CRandom pairing
DOperational work
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A peer review
1. Published psychological research is filtered before it reaches readers.
2. Peer reviewers provide feedback to both the author and the journal editor.
3. That feedback concerns the quality of the draft.
4. The process is a quality check rather than a research method.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Psychological Research', sections 2.1-2.4_
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