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The reviewer must reject, not improve

CategoryevidenceManual5.6Evidencedocumented

ProblemA reviewer that politely improves the wording of an unsupported claim is not a control.

TechniqueSeparate the researcher from the reviewer, and require the reviewer to reject unsupported claims and list only blocking issues.

Why it worksEditing hides the failure; rejection surfaces it.

When to useAny research or content pipeline.

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