A blog post published on Google by a high school student and reviewed by her friend is included as a citation in a science paper. Is this source considered a peer-reviewed paper? Why or why not?

A. This is considered a peer-reviewed paper because the variables used were reviewed by other scientists to make sure they were labeled correctly. B. This isn't considered a peer-reviewed paper because peer-reviewed papers are published only in books. C. This is considered a peer-reviewed paper because it was reviewed by a student peer. D. This isn't considered a peer-reviewed paper because it wasn't reviewed by other scientists in the field.

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Yaretzi Osborn

Biology

9 December, 10:04

A blog post published on Google by a high school student and reviewed by her friend is included as a citation in a science paper. Is this source considered a peer-reviewed paper? Why or why not?

A. This is considered a peer-reviewed paper because the variables used were reviewed by other scientists to make sure they were labeled correctly. B. This isn't considered a peer-reviewed paper because peer-reviewed papers are published only in books. C. This is considered a peer-reviewed paper because it was reviewed by a student peer. D. This isn't considered a peer-reviewed paper because it wasn't reviewed by other scientists in the field.

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Sparks · Answer 1

the answer is d

Jakayla Santos · Answer 2

Option D, This isn't considered a peer-reviewed paper because it wasn't reviewed by other scientists in the field.

Explanation:

A paper/research article is said to be peer-reviewed when it is written by a scientist/scholar and reviewed by another expert scientists/peers of the same field before publication.

Here in this case, the blog posted by the high school student was not reviewed by any field/sector expert before publication and thus, this source of paper can not be considered as peer reviewed paper.