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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Jan 27, 2023

Thinking about doing something new in my #PopulationModeling grad class:

We're covering decomposition methods & I recently got reviews back on a paper where R1 didn't understand the decomposition & R2 didn't like it

So I'm gonna give students the relevant portion of manuscript & reviews & have them decide: What should I do? Should I keep the decomposition -- then how should I answer reviewers? Should I ditch it -- then how should I analyze these questions instead?

#Teaching advice welcome!

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Dimitri Drekonja Jan 27, 2023

@wrigleyfield I like it. I find it really illuminating to show trainees reviews I’ve received- helps them understand peer review is not some uniform process that always is correct- sometimes (often!) there is significant disagreement. One of my papers was eventually accepted into a high-profile journal, and the reviewers were at complete odds as to whether the per-protocol or intention to treat analysis was appropriate for the primary analysis 🤷🏻

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field

@ddrekonja Oh, I love that. I've always wanted to show students before-and-after-reviews drafts, but the papers I've had that changed a lot are too long and/or too technical for it to work well--too much effort overhead, I think.