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14 - Comprehensive Appraisal

from Part IV - Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

By
John Gerring
Edited by
Colin Elman ,
John Gerring  and
James Mahoney
Colin Elman
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
John Gerring
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
James Mahoney
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

The extant individualized appraisal system consisting of literature reviews in single studies, review articles, and the academic journal and press review system is insufficient for generating a comprehensive appraisal of what is (and is not) known on a given topic. This chapter presents a proposal for a new approach to comprehensive appraisal based on a lengthy paper or report that evaluates a scientific question in an encompassing fashion, assigning a degree of (un)certainty to each hypothesis under review and encompassing all work that has been conducted on a subject, published or unpublished. This type of appraisal would not overtake the primacy of discovery studies, nor would it completely supplant individual appraisal. Rather, it would complement both by allowing exploratory work to be properly vetted.

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Academic appraisalreviewpublicationknowledge accumulationcomprehensive appraisal
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The Production of Knowledge
Enhancing Progress in Social Science
 , pp. 354 - 370
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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