Registered Report Protocol: Survey on attitudes and experiences regarding preregistration in psychological research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preregistration, the open science practice of specifying and registering details of a planned study prior to knowing the data, increases the transparency and reproducibility of research. Large-scale replication attempts for psychological results yielded shockingly low success rates and contributed to an increasing demand for open science practices among psychologists. However, preregistering one's studies is still not the norm in the field. Here, we propose a study to explore possible reasons for this discrepancy.

Methods

In a mixed-methods approach, an online survey will be conducted, assessing attitudes, motivations, and perceived obstacles with respect to preregistration. Participants will be psychological researchers that will be recruited by scanning research

SUBMITTER: Spitzer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253437 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature