Laughter and the Chair: Social Pressures Influencing Scoring During Grant Peer Review Meetings

doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9

. 2019 Apr;34(4):513-514.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9.

Laughter and the Chair: Social Pressures Influencing Scoring During Grant Peer Review Meetings

Elizabeth L Pier¹, Joshua Raclaw², Molly Carnes^{3

4

5}, Cecilia E Ford^{6

7}, Anna Kaatz⁸

Affiliations

¹ Education Analytics, Madison, WI, USA.
² Department of English, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁵ Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁶ Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁷ Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁸ Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

PMID: 30604119
PMCID: PMC6445833
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9

Laughter and the Chair: Social Pressures Influencing Scoring During Grant Peer Review Meetings

Elizabeth L Pier et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;34(4):513-514.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9.

Authors

Elizabeth L Pier¹, Joshua Raclaw², Molly Carnes^{3

4

5}, Cecilia E Ford^{6

7}, Anna Kaatz⁸

Affiliations

¹ Education Analytics, Madison, WI, USA.
² Department of English, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁵ Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
⁶ Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁷ Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁸ Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

PMID: 30604119
PMCID: PMC6445833
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9

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1. Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, et al. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26(1):1–14. doi: 10.1093/reseval/rvw025. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, et al. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26(1):1–14. doi: 10.1093/reseval/rvw025. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, et al. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26(1):1–14. doi: 10.1093/reseval/rvw025. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Kooistra B, Dijkman B, Einhorn TA, Bhandari M. How to design a good case series. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91(Suppl 3):21–6. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01573. - DOI - PubMed

[4] Kooistra B, Dijkman B, Einhorn TA, Bhandari M. How to design a good case series. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91(Suppl 3):21–6. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01573. - DOI - PubMed

[5] Holt E. The last laugh: shared laughter and topic termination. J Pragmat. 2010;42(6):1513–25. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.01.011. - DOI

[6] Holt E. The last laugh: shared laughter and topic termination. J Pragmat. 2010;42(6):1513–25. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.01.011. - DOI

[7] Glenn P. Interviewees volunteered laughter in employment interviews: a case of “nervous” laughter? In: Glenn PHE, editor. Studies of Laughter in Interaction. London: Bloomsbury Academic; 2013. pp. 255–75.

[8] Glenn P. Interviewees volunteered laughter in employment interviews: a case of “nervous” laughter? In: Glenn PHE, editor. Studies of Laughter in Interaction. London: Bloomsbury Academic; 2013. pp. 255–75.

[9] Raclaw J, Ford CE. Laughter and the management of divergent positions in peer review interactions. J Pragmat. 2017;113:1–15. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.03.005. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Raclaw J, Ford CE. Laughter and the management of divergent positions in peer review interactions. J Pragmat. 2017;113:1–15. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.03.005. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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