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Peer Review of Grant Applications: A Simple Method to Identify Proposals with Discordant Reviews

Grant proposals submitted for funding are usually selected by a peer-review rating process. Some proposals may result in discordant peer-review ratings and therefore require discussion by the selection committee members. The issue is which peer-review ratings are considered as discordant. We propose...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Giraudeau, Bruno, Leyrat, Clémence, Le Gouge, Amélie, Léger, Julie, Caille, Agnès
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027557
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Sumario:Grant proposals submitted for funding are usually selected by a peer-review rating process. Some proposals may result in discordant peer-review ratings and therefore require discussion by the selection committee members. The issue is which peer-review ratings are considered as discordant. We propose a simple method to identify such proposals. Our approach is based on the intraclass correlation coefficient, which is usually used in assessing agreement in studies with continuous ratings.