A research project has a successful outcome if its research is reported in a blind peer-reviewed academic publication. Can interdisciplinary collaborations on research projects at least sometimes produce a successful outcome? (1) Some interdisciplinary research groups experience conflict and rivalry. (2) A peer-reviewed and well-regarded interdisciplinary review of published papers on urban greening trends found that there was little if any evidence that planting more trees in an urban area significantly improved air quality there. ID: 700323 Source: Official Guide 2024-25 (Data Insight Review)

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In my head it does not make a lot of sense cause you are assuming that the review was blind because it is a "well regarded interdisciplinary review", nowhere in statement 2 says that the review was blind and the question asks "A research project has a successful outcome if its research is reported in a blind peer-reviewed academic publication. Can interdisciplinary collaborations on research projects at least sometimes produce a successful outcome?"

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(1) The information regarding the sometimes dysfunctional social dynamics of research groups is not sufficient to show that research groups with such experiences always fail to produce successful research outcomes. So the information given here is not sufficient alone to indicate a yes or a no answer to the question posed; NOT sufficient.

(2) The information gives us an example of one interdisciplinary collaboration on research that reported in a blind peer-reviewed publication its review of research studies on urban greening. The review found that there was insufficient evidence to show that planting trees in urban areas had a significant impact on air quality in such areas. Even though the result of its review was negative, its review of scientific publications on the issue was approved in a blind peer review and published. Therefore (2), in combination with the stimulus information, is sufficient to provide at least one example of a successful outcome of an interdisciplinary research project. This, in turn, is sufficient to show that interdisciplinary research groups can produce a successful outcome; SUFFICIENT.

The correct answer is B; statement 2 alone is sufficient.

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Hi,

Your instinct is correct here and the statement indeed doesn't explicitly state "blind." As per expert responses before, they do mention E) should be the correct answer, as there is ambiguity in B) in terms of blind, and whether peer-reviewed necessarily means reported in an academic publication which is peer-reviewed.

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