diff --git a/labguide/research/preregistration.md b/labguide/research/preregistration.md index 487167c..61c8415 100644 --- a/labguide/research/preregistration.md +++ b/labguide/research/preregistration.md @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -# Pre-registration +# Pre-registration and Registered Reports + +## Pre-registration + +Pre-registration is a mechanism in which one places a detailed description of a planned study into a repository where it is timestamped and will remain immutable. +For more background information, see [here](https://help.osf.io/article/145-preregistration). - All empirical projects will be pre-registered, preferably using the Open Science Framework. @@ -8,26 +13,23 @@ pre-registered, preferably using the Open Science Framework. replication or extension. - Pre-registration should include -as much detail as possible. - -- Pre-registration must include at +as much detail as possible. Pre-registration must include at minimum: -- Sample size (with justification) + - Sample size (with justification) -- Inclusion/exclusion criteria + - Inclusion/exclusion criteria -- Criteria and procedures for + - Criteria and procedures for outlier exclusion and data transformation - - Even if you can’t say exactly - how you will do it, outline your procedures for determining how to - do it - -- Primary hypotheses or outcomes to + - Primary hypotheses or outcomes to be tested (or an explicit statement that the study is simply exploratory) +- In cases where you can’t say exactly + how you will do something (usually because the choices are data-dependent), outline your procedures for determining how to + do the thing, and in particular what aspects of the data will go into making that decision. - In some cases, multi-stage pre-registration may be appropriate @@ -59,3 +61,14 @@ pre-registration should specify: - Publications should include an explicit “Deviations from pre-registration” section that outlines any deviations and their rationale. + +### Registered Reports + +Whenever possible, we support the submission of Registered Reports. + +Registered reports are a publication mechanism in which one submits a manuscript that contains an Introduction and Methods section that describe a study prior to execution of the research; it is essential a written version of a pre-registration. +The manuscript is reviewed on the strength of the rationale and methods, and if deemed sufficient it is given an "in-principle acceptance" such that the journal guarantees to publish the paper regardless of the results, as long as the approved methods were followed. + +There are currently [over 300 journals](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/registered-reports#tabid2) that accept Registered Report submissions. +In addition, Registered Reports can be submitted to [PCI-RR](https://rr.peercommunityin.org/), which is a community project that reviews preprint Registered Reports. +