If you ask another student to review your paper, please remind him or her that the review should be focused on three issues:

1. Check for grammar (including incomplete sentences and awkward transisitions).

2. Check for misspellings.

3. Check to see that the assignment meets the grade requirements (e.g., if the assignment includes 5 points for discriminant validty, discriminant validty should be discussed in the paper).

In order to earn credit for peer review, you must submit a marked up copy (with the peer reviewer's signature) and a clean copy that incorporates the edits. There is no requirement that the peer review must be a psychology major or in the same class.

Resources for peer review:

• http://www.wikihow.com/Use-English-Punctuation-Correctly
• http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sins.htm

Heather Smith, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 93928
707-664-2587
smithh@sonoma.edu