SOC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Academic Journal, Cortisol
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As a university professor, must publish research. Meaning publish research in an academic journal or get fired. 95% of articles sent to academic journals are rejected. Applicants hope for a revise and review . This gives option to edit based on feedback, and resubmit. Peer review: send your article to a journal, and the journal will send it to 4-5 experts in your same field. Without your name or any identifying information. They will read it and give feedback. Article will get published only if pass peer review. In conclusion: peer-reviewed academic articles are very reliable. Must use three of these on class papers. The mean/average is in the middle, and most predominant in population. Population percentage lowers the further you are from the average for deviance. Ex: alcoholism, drug addiction, hysteria in women, Research: perhaps, native americans more susceptible to alcohol addiction because they weren"t well used to processing carbohydrates.
