Abstract

Preregistration and registered reports are two promising open science practices for increasing transparency in the scientific process. In particular, they create transparency around one of the most consequential distinctions in research design: the data analytics decisions made before data collection and post-hoc decisions made afterwards. Preregistration involves publishing a time-stamped record of a study design before data collection or analysis. Registered reports are a publishing approach that facilitates the evaluation of research without regard for the direction or magnitude of findings. In this article, I evaluate opportunities and challenges for these open science methods, offer initial guidelines for their use, explore relevant tensions around new practices, and illustrate examples from educational psychology and social science.

摘要

预注册和注册报告是增加科学过程透明度的两种有前途的开放科学实践。特别是，它们围绕研究设计中最重要的区别之一建立了透明度：在数据收集之前做出的数据分析决策以及在事后做出的事后决策。预注册涉及在数据收集或分析之前发布研究设计的带时间戳记录。注册报告是一种发布方法，可在不考虑发现方向或程度的情况下促进对研究的评估。在本文中，我评估了这些开放式科学方法的机遇和挑战，提供了使用这些方法的初步指南，探讨了围绕新实践的相关紧张关系，并举例说明了教育心理学和社会科学的实例。