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Judging Evidence Quality
Peer review
Also called peer reviewed, refereeing
Peer review is the process where independent experts assess a manuscript's methods and conclusions before publication, checking for errors, gaps, and validity issues the authors may have missed. It's a filter, not a guarantee.
In context
You'll usually need this when weighing how much confidence to put in a source that hasn't been through it yet.