首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt ann
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt ann
admin
2016-01-05
53
问题
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.
"Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal," writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors(SBoRE). Manuscript will be
flagged up
for additional scrutiny by the journal’ s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.
Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: "The creation of the ’ statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’ s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish."
Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group, says he expects the board to "play primarily an advisory role." He agreed to join because he "found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel, unique and likely to have a lasting impact. This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science."
John Ioannidis, a physician who studies research methodology, says that the policy is "a most welcome step forward" and "long overdue." "Most journals are weak in statistical review, and this damages the quality of what they publish. I think that for the majority of scientific papers nowadays, statistical review is more essential than expert review," he says. But he noted that biomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention to statistical review.
Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according to David Vaux, a cell biologist. Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in 2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, "engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process". Vaux says that Science’ s idea to pass some papers to statisticians "has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify ’the papers that need scrutiny’ in the first place."
Which of the following is the best titile of the text?
选项
A、Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in Papers
B、Professional Statisticians Deserve More Respect
C、Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editor’ s Desks
D、Statisticians Are Coming Back with Science
答案
A
解析
主旨题。根据关键词best titile定位到全文。全文的主题句出现在首段首句,即“…《科学》正在对它的同行评议过程增加另外一轮统计数据检查”,所以A项“《科学》加入推进论文统计数据审核行动中”为正确选项。B项“专业的统计学者应该受到更多尊敬”和C项“数据分析成为编辑的工作”不是原文要表达的主题。D项“统计学者随着《科学》而回归”没有A项准确到位,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ujsZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Foryears,globalwarmingwasdiscussedinthehypothetical—athreatinthedistantfuture.Nowitisincreasinglyregardedasa
HalfacenturybeforeCharlesDarwinpublishedOntheOriginofSpecies,theFrenchnaturalistJean-BaptisteLamarckoutlinedhi
Doyouknowwhenyourspouse’sangrytiradeisactuallymaskingfear?Orhowtohandleacolleaguewhotakescreditforyourwor
Thankstomorethan50yearsofresearch,weknowhowtochangechildren’sbehavior.Inbrief,youidentifytheunwantedbehavio
Mostpeopledon’tenjoyfacingthedifficultsituationsthatsometimesoccurwithcoworkersintheworkplace.Suchsituationsma
GoingonlineisafavoritepastimeformillionsofAmericanchildren.Almost10million(14percent)ofAmerica’s69millionchild
Intoday’sworld,racial,ethnic,andnationalcategoriesnolongerimposefixedbarriersorunbendingtraditions.Thisisnott
Improvinginformationtechnologyiscrucialtohelpingthetransportationindustrystrengthensystemscriticaltotheglobaleco
TheleadersofDetroit’sstrugglingBigThreeautomakersareappearingbeforetheSenatetoday,whereprospectsof$25billioni
Oneofthebigger,nonpoliticalstoriesofthesummerhasbeenthedecisionbyLanceArmstrongtodrophisfighttoclearhisna
随机试题
A、Lookafterhergrandfather.B、Leavetheremotecoldregion.C、Savehersickgrandmother.D、Fleefromthethreatofbears.C事实细
常规临床工作中测得的RF类型是()(2004年)
工程造价的计价过程就是将建设项目进行分解和逐步组合的过程。()
依据施工安全隐患和事故征兆的特点的管理,安全隐患按可能引发的事故种类可分为()等安全隐患。
阅读下列三段材料,根据要求完成任务。材料一《义务教育化学课程标准(2011年版)》关于“自然界的水”内容标准是:认识水的组成,知道纯水与天然水(自来水)、硬水与软水等的区别。活动与探究建议:了解或实地调查饮用水源的质量和水净化处理的方法材料二人教
withbutprotectionA.Itusuallygivesinadequate【T7】______fromtheweatherB.notonlyinsomedevelopingcountrieswhereb
(2011年真题)若复数z1=,则|z1-z2|=[]。
设矩阵求a,b的值;
Underthe______oftheUniversity,doctor’sthesismustbeprinted.
HowlongdidittakeforalettertogettotheUSAsixyearsago?
最新回复
(
0
)