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  • 14 - Comprehensive Appraisal

  • from Part IV - Appraisal
  • Edited by Colin Elman, Syracuse University, New York, John Gerring, University of Texas, Austin, James Mahoney, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book:
    The Production of Knowledge
    Published online:
    11 March 2020
    Print publication:
    19 March 2020, pp 354-370

  • Summary

    The extant individualized appraisal system consisting of literature reviews in single studies, review articles, and the academic journal and press review system is insufficient for generating a comprehensive appraisal of what is (and is not) known on a given topic. This chapter presents a proposal for a new approach to comprehensive appraisal based on a lengthy paper or report that evaluates a scientific question in an encompassing fashion, assigning a degree of (un)certainty to each hypothesis under review and encompassing all work that has been conducted on a subject, published or unpublished. This type of appraisal would not overtake the primacy of discovery studies, nor would it completely supplant individual appraisal. Rather, it would complement both by allowing exploratory work to be properly vetted.