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Judging Evidence Quality

Preprint server credibility

Preprints have not passed peer review, so their claims should be treated as provisional evidence, useful for currency but requiring more caution than a peer-reviewed source.

In context

You'll usually need this when deciding how much weight to give a preprint's claims compared to a peer-reviewed source.

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