12 Created on December 30, 2021 By Anne Zimmerman Voices in Bioethics Editing Quiz For integrity and consistency in the editing process... 1 / 7 The endnote superscript (the small number in the text indicating an endnote) belongs outside any relevant punctuation whether a comma, period, question mark or quotations, etc. only at the end of a sentence after a period. inside the punctuation but after the last word of a sentence. 2 / 7 We avoid comments on the document yet in limited situations we allow comments to explain the proper use of a word to ask an author to please address a counterargument or add a citation to critique sentence structure and recommend an improved writing style to criticize the author's organization, structure, or argument 3 / 7 We use the "singular their" for gender neutrality in which of the following circumstances? When an individual wishes plural pronouns to be used about themselves for any reason whether as an ally or for a reason personal to them; when a person's gender is unspecified, nonbinary, or unknown to the author. When we refer to a profession or group (e.g. A professor taught their students about addressing racism in medical care.) Regardless of an individuals preference or pronoun choices, we use the singular their to put all people on a non-gendered level playing field. 4 / 7 Expertise and bias are different. Which one of these applications represents bias? A peer reviewer that is a lawyer notes that there are already some existing laws that cover some of what an author's paper is calling for. A peer reviewer who is a doctor says an article proposed an "unrealistic" argument when the paper proposes changing the composition of ethics committees. A peer reviewer that is a lawyer notices a flaw in an argument. A peer reviewer who is a doctor notes that heretofore things were not done that way, but understands being open to change. 5 / 7 To avoid viewpoint discrimination in the peer review process peer reviewers must criticize all authors who are not lawyers or policymakers answer each of the nine peer review categories based on the work presented and their own expertise criticize all authors who are not doctors or scientists apply clinical traditions as a standard against which to judge what is presented in the paper 6 / 7 Our preferred transitional words include Moreover Hence And and but Furthermore 7 / 7 We prefer the active voice over the passive voice as per commonly accepted humanities, law, and social sciences writing traditions. The active voice helps us in all of the following ways except improving search engine optimization (SEO) improving transparency by letting the reader know who does an action improving the reading experience (readability) allowing lab technicians to remain anonymous and outside the scope of a report Your score is The average score is 82% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Email Address Subscribe