ABSTRACT
Good reviewers are excellent critical readers. Of course, they start with the goal of extracting and then understanding the basic information from articles. Reviewers are the front line of the voice of the field. It is their job to make sure that articles address important issues, that questions are raised in a clear manner and supported in a clear and logical fashion. It is their job to make sure that methods match questions, and that analyses are done correctly. This chapter examines the process of becoming a personal reviewer. Researchers are usually not in the business of examining trivial or esoteric or artificial situations. Instead, they most often train their gaze on the important and typical. Likewise, they also try to do their work within ordinary or naturally occurring conditions as well. The whole idea of dealing with naturally occurring conditions appeals to the idea of ecological validity.
