Preregistration

Preregistration specificity & adherence: A review of preregistered gambling studies & cross-disciplinary comparison

Study preregistration is one of several “open science” practices (e.g., open data, preprints) that researchers use to improve the transparency and rigour of their research. As more researchers adopt preregistration as a regular research practice, …

Preregistration templates as a new addition to the evidence-based toxicology toolbox

In this editorial, we define the practice of “preregistration” of research and describe its motivations, explain why we believe preregistration templates should make preregistration more effective as an intervention for improving the quality of …

Preregistration, Replication, and Nonexperimental Studies

In last month’s column, I worried about whether encouraging us to preregister our hypotheses and analysis plan before running studies would stifle discovery. I came to the conclusion that it needn’t — but that we need to guard against letting the …

Preregistration: Definition, Advantages, Disadvantages, and How It Can Help Against Questionable Research Practices

Questionable research practices (QRPs), such as p-hacking (i.e., the inappropriate manipulation of data analysis to find statistical significance) and post hoc hypothesizing, are threats to the replicability of research findings. One key solution to …

Preregistration: Practical Considerations for Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Purpose: In the last decade, psychology and other sciences have implemented numerous reforms to improve the robustness of our research, many of which are based on increasing transparency throughout the research process. Among these reforms is the …

Preregistration: the good, the bad, and the confusing

Preregistration is a tool to enhance the reliability of science that has been promoted as a normative requirement for the award of grants or the acceptance of publications. I argue that: (a) preregistration addresses an important need, (b) it offers …

Procedimentos para investigação científica

O profissional formado pelo Curso de Graduação em Psicologia da Unifesspa caracterizar-se-á porpossuir uma formação pluralista e generalista, preparado para atuação multiprofissional pelaformação interdisciplinar com enfoque crítico, científico e …

Promises and Perils of Pre-analysis Plans

The purpose of this paper is to help think through the advantages and costs of rigorous pre-specification of statistical analysis plans in economics. A pre-analysis plan pre-specifies in a precise way the analysis to be run before examining the data. …

Psychology as a Robust Science

Is psychology a robust science? To answer such a question, this course will encourage you to think critically about how psychological research is conducted and how conclusions are drawn. To enable you to truly understand how psychology functions as …

Psychology’s Credibility Revolution

In 2011, Daryl Bem published a paper that seemed to demonstrate evidence for extra sensory perception (ESP). Four years later, the Open Science Collaboration failed to replicate 67 of 100 published psychological studies. These results and others have …