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Re: Who peer reviewed this?
Posted by:
Gerald Hurst (IP Logged)
Date: March 06, 2007 06:33PM
The procedure you are referring to is not peer review; it is "rubberstamping."
Even the Feds are not above using this technique in which a name-brand consultant is hired from outside to say amen to conclusions which may be otherwise dubious.