Appendix A — Reproduction and Replication Checklist

Note — Preliminary Version 0.1

This is a preliminary version. Feedback welcome: lukas.roeseler@uni-muenster.de or GitHub.

The checklist below summarises the handbook’s core recommendations for planning, conducting, and reporting reproductions and replications.

A.1 Checklist

• Justify choice of target study and claims
• Choose a reproduction/replication type that aligns with your aims
• Gather and review all relevant materials
• Reproduce before you replicate, where possible
• Discuss all updates, changes, and extensions of the original materials (as close as possible, as updated as necessary)
• Preregister your study and analysis plan
• Predetermine conditions for success and failure
• Use balanced language when describing the outcomes
• Carefully evaluate outcomes and potential reasons for divergences
• Report your research comprehensively and openly accessible