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White paper [ covering-fast-changing-science ]
A publication authored by a group of scientists or organization that takes a position on an issue, advocates for or against a policy, or offers some other sort of analysis. White papers aren't typically peer-reviewed.Within-subjects design [ reading-scientific-papers ]
Researchers conducting this kind of study (also known as a repeated-measures design) test the same participants multiple times and compare the results across time points. This design controls for individual differences, since each participant serves as their own control.