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How to Evaluate the Quality of a Scientific Study

A young male with black glasses in his 30s in a blue shirt, in front of his laptop, trying to evaluate the quality of an online scientific study.

When assessing the quality of a scientific study, several key criteria are typically considered. Learn more about these criteria, collectively known as the "gold standard," to help you evaluate the validity, reliability, and generalizability of scientific studies.

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How We Know What We Know

A young female scientist is looking through a large telescope. The telescope represents the knowledge that has been shared with us by others, and the person looking through the telescope represents us. We can see further than we would be able to on our own, by looking through the lens (body of knowledge) of those who came before us.

Epistemic Dependence is the idea that our knowledge is dependent on the knowledge of others. In other words, we typically know what we know because others have come before us and shared their knowledge with us. Read on to learn more.

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