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by dangom 1340 days ago
Podcasts, concerts and books are something we review subjectively. Scientific articles one would expect would be reviewed objectively.
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The data in a paper can be objectively measured, the methodology used to conduct a study - like sample size, cohort composition, cohort groups chosen for comparison - could go both ways, the conclusions drawn are often subjective. If two of the three component parts of a paper are arguably subjective, not surprising that Nobel Prize winners get a pass on the quality of their papers.
The data is objective but the quality of the research is subjective. For example if my sample size was 150 for some study that's subjective whether it was sufficient of size
Peer review doesn't verify the correctness of data. At best they'll flag flagrantly fabricated data that doesn't pass the sniff test, but attempted replication of the results is not what peer reviewers are doing.
Not true. There are objective statistical tests regarding sample sizes.
There are objective measures of statistical power, given an effect size a priori ahead of time you can estimate the power of a particular procedure. The trouble is that what a "reasonable" effect size may be is subjective and requires prior knowledge; post-hoc power calculations are widely regarded as misleading and conveying little additional information beyond a p-value.
The only people who could possibly think that are the ones who have never gotten anything published.
That expectation goes against human nature. Although I too wish it was true.