Prompt: Describe the process of peer review to someone who does not frequently read scientific articles. In your response, consider the pros and cons of peer review and how that might impact the credibility of the results that come from that scientific article.
The process of a peer review is to evaluate the quality and how valid the study was. The purpose of a peer-reviewed article is to explain the results from the study and eliminate anything that needs to be changed or reevaluated. A peer review article typically has many authors, all within relatively the same field of study. One positive aspect of peer reviews is that many different people get a chance to evaluate the study which brings more to the table. This enables there to be more opinions on the study and more ideas from others. Having multiple people view the study eliminates any bias towards the study and the results. I think that some disadvantages of peer reviews are that because many people are evaluating it, the process of the study could take longer. I also think that possibly since there are many people evaluating the study, the process and results could not be as accurate since there are many people collaborating.
