According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (30 July 2008), a study by Valen E. Johnson, a biostatistician at U Texas, scientists’ biases mar the purported objectivity of the grant review process.
The Chronicle notes:
Mr. Johnson found that the biases of those few actual readers can influence the votes of other members. If [...]
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